The JDR Zoological Research Institute

[RoderickRavn]

Thanks Professor Paul! I may build another zoo on that map. Thanks Firehawke :laugh:

 

Walking down the path from the penguin rookery, guests are confronted with imposing masks as they enter the African Ituri Forest. Here guests can see rare african rainforest animals in naturally built enclosures. As you walk down the stairs, you'll see our beautiful waterfall and rainforest river. Guests love to sit on the benches and enjoy the plants of the african rainforest. The first exhibit is our okapis. These beautiful animals look like a cross between a zebra and a stag, but are actually related to giraffes. You can also grab a bite to eat at the nearby Ituri forest diner.

 

 

If you take the right path, you can visit our playful troop of chimpanzees. These lovable apes have already a baby in their midst! They love to climb and play on the monkey bars built specifically for their exhibit. Continue down the trail to view lemurs and other prosimians from madagascar in the primate house.

 

 

Past that, you can view our troop of lowland gorillas. These awesome apes are a sight to see, and love to interact in meaningful ways with the guests. Just across the path, you can also view our mandrills. Our male is quite colorful, with reds and blues covering his face and rump.

 

 

Here with no trees:

 

 

On the other side of the river, guests can view our spectacular herd of bongos. These beautiful antelope are a rich color of burgundy, with striking white stripes. They are sure to bring delight. You can also see our off exhibit food preparation facility just next to their exhibit.

 

 

Thanks for tuning in to this edition of the JDR Zoological Research Institute. Up next, The African Plains!

[Firehawke]

Love your winding paths! Can't wait to see the African Plains!

[RoderickRavn]

Thanks Firehawke, I try to be creative as possible.

 

After leaving the African rainforest, we come to the African plains. As you walk past the Masai warrior statues, you can see our african warthogs rooting in their own mud wallow. You can grab some cotton candy for the children, and visit our fossil site to see what ancient creatures have been dug up from African prehistory. The nearby aviary contains oxpeckers and sociable weavers.

 

Moving up the path, you can see our black rhinoceros sharing an exhibit with cape buffalo. Both these animals are quite dangerous in the wild, but here they get along just fine. Up the path from these animals, you can view our stunning giraffes. Guests can feed these animals by hand and watch as their graceful necks swing down to receive treats. The centerpiece of the trail is our great African plains exhibit. Using state of the art enclosure techniques, we were able to give the illusion that the king of beasts, the African lion, lords over the savannah. Our pride sits in the raised exhibit, while hoofstock of the African savannah (zebra, wildebeest, thomson's gazelle, sable antelope, and ostrich) gallop and cavort around them.

 

 

Just adjacent to the African plains, you can visit our pair of African elephants. They love to swing around their log toy, and sometimes you can find them at the elephant encounters building across the path. Across the path from the elephants, guests can see our pack of painted dogs and our spotted hyenas, both strange but beautiful carnivores of the savannah.

 

 

Around the other side of the African plains, guests can find a small exhibit housing blackbuck antelope. These gorgeous antelope are only housed here until we can expand to include the Indian grassland. Guests can then grab a bite to eat at the Lion's Pride, where our chefs prepare authentic South African cuisine.

 

 

You can also enter the African plains from around the california sea lion show. Our first exhibit here is the olive baboon troop. The troop loves to romp around their spacious netted enclosure. Next you'll come to the Nile river. Here guests can view greater flamingos and river hippopotamus coexisting, and underwater views of these large beasts.

 

 

As you continue on the path, you enter Harambe village, where guests can view the fastest animal in the world. Our African cheetah shows off his awesome power daily chasing his enrichment toy. Guests can buy fine African crafts and souvenirs from Harambe village center, and view the straw and hutch type building designs native to this area. The nearby aviary contains hornbills. You can also find our beautiful pair of African leopards here in a large netted enclosure. Most times they like to show off by climbing their cat tree. Guests can then grab a snack at Harambe village eatery as they head towards Desert Oasis.

 

 

Thanks for tuning in! Next up, Desert Oasis and then on to Southeast Asia.

 

 

 

[(Admin)Savannahjan]

Again, very nice! I love the exhibit within an exhibit concept.

[RoderickRavn]

Thank you Savannahjan. I tried to think of the best way to emulate Bronx Zoo's Africa Plains.

 

As you leave Harambe village, you come to the Desert Oasis. Here you can find the large sand dune exhibit with gemsbok and addax. Continue along the desert trail to view rare and exotic desert plants, and watch out for our spitting cobra pit! Adventurous guests love to view these deadly snakes up close. You can also find our pair of dromedary camels along this path.

 

 

At the end of the desert trail, you come upon an imposing stone structure and set of golden steps. Welcome to Southeast Asia. Our Southeast Asia trail sits upon a mesa in the far corner of our zoo, and contains many exotic creatures. The first exhibit you come to is our green peafowl. The beautiful male loves to show off his fan of tail feathers to both his mate and the guests. Nearby on the path you can view golden pheasants in a small aviary. Heading up the path to the left, you can enter our Nighthouse building to view three different species of flying fox.

 

 

Adjacent to the nighthouse, you can view a spacious outdoor enclosure for our clouded and black leopards. These reclusive cats can also be seen indoors at the Nighthouse, but love to spend time outside and in their cat tree. Down the trail from the leopards, you can also see our royal bengal and white tigers as they frolic in their pool.

 

 

Up and across from the peafowl, guests can check out exotic amphibians and reptiles at the southeast asian reptile house. surrounding the building, you can also find our awesome komodo dragons. These fearsome creatures are the largest lizards in the world. Across and to the right, you'll find a large mixed species exhibit called Sundaland. here guests can see Asiatic elephants, Malaysian tapirs, and Javan rhinoceros. Guests can then bring their children over to King Louie's Wild Rumpus, to view an awesome character driven theater show. When done, the children can then go see an exhibit that has the very orangutans that the theater emulates.

 

 

Taking the path on the other side, you'll find our Japanese garden. Here guests can view in quiet tranquility the reclusive Japanese serow, as well as mongolian wild horses and bactrian camels. After viewing, grab a shaved ice, or head to the garden to view exotic plants from the island nation.

 

 

Coming across the center, you can view our magnificent siberian tigers, swimming and lounging around their spacious natural enclosure. Just next door, you can find the pinnacle of our genetic programs, the Chinese phoenix bird. These avians are from the late cretaceous china, and show off how far back we've been able to go in time. Scientists know the bird as caudipteryx, but they look so similar to the chinese mythical beast, fenghuang, that we've taken to calling them phoenix birds.

 

 

Next on the trail you come to our Himalayan mountain complex. This is a four-exhibit complex modeled after animals found in the Himalayan mountains. Here guests can view some of our rarest animals, including giant pandas, snow leopards, markhor, and the elusive cousins to the north american sasquatch, the yeti.

 

 

The last exhibit on the trail is our very rare Baiji or chinese river dolphins. It was thought that these creatures may be extinct in the wild, but we were able to procure a breeding pair, and now we have a young dolphin on exhibit! we hope to slowly bolster their numbers and bring back this species from the brink.

 

 

This completes the main circuit trail for the JDR zoological research center. Thanks for tuning in! I appreciate all the comments and thanks for letting me show off my creation. I still have pictures to show off coming soon, as I've made changes and updates. The zoo can always be improved!

[Firehawke]

I love the three new areas!!!

What are your stats?

[RoderickRavn]

My Zoo rating is 95, I have 241 animals with an animal happiness rating of 97 and I have 630 guests with a guest happiness of 90. I have made some updates to the zoo in the time since I originally built. In an attempt to add more avian species as per guest request, the zoo has received several in the past month. On our pacific coast trail, you can find the beautiful cerulean Stellar's Jays. they share their exhibit with our grizzly bears. They are small, so guests must look hard to see them.

 

 

Just outside our conference center, you can find our mating pair of majestic bald eagles. You can view them from just outside the center and from the arctic coast trail. We are also hoping to receive golden eagles at some point in the future.

 

 

On our amazon trail, you can view our large harpy eagles, which sometimes hunt large monkeys! Don't worry, no monkeys are hurt here. You can also find some free roaming birds at the beginning of the trail in the form of scarlet macaws and toco toucans. Guests love to watch these colorful birds fly overhead.

 

 

On our Australian trail, guests can see cockatoos and galahs in a shared exhibit.

 

 

Finally, on our Ituri forest trail, guests can see the colorful African ring neck parakeets as they fly around their aviary. We've made space for them by demolishing the old warehouse that used to be here.

 

 

Thanks for tuning in. Next we'll see new buildings and off-exhibit areas we've constructed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Firehawke]

Love the birds and congrats on the great stats!

[RoderickRavn]

Hey guys, sorry there hasn't been an update in a while, I'm a landscaper in New England and it's prime season right now! There is always room for improvement at the zoo, and therefore I have a few more screencaps to show.

 

Our zoo has finally been able to acquire Aldabra giant tortoises! after having an exhibit set up for them, they have moved in and taken to their new digs quite nicely.

 

 

Other new animal additions include a state of the art ground squirrel building that guests can see just outside our blacksmith, and a pair of tarpan, or european wild horses that our genetics crew has been able to bring back from extinction.

 

 

Guests can also find striped skunks just outside the conference center in our newly renovated new england trail, as well as the turkey trotter restaurant, zoo history building, and native american history building.

 

 

The zoo has recently received a pair of asiatic black bears, which are currently in quarantine in our off-exhibit area. Hopefully they will get a permanent home where guests can see them soon.

 

 

That's all for now. As I said before, the zoo can be continually improved so I'll update as they come. Cheers!

[Firehawke]

Love the latest pics! How fun to see the Aldabra Tortoise in a zoo!