Kiwilover's Zoos

[Eragon845]

What are you talking about?

 

 

Anyways, savefile's been down since august, I remember when they said it was coming back on September 1st.

[Guest ShenTirag]

I like the use of pavillions! They look really good :)

[Eragon845]

Edit: Sorry shen! Didn't see ya there. Thanks, unfortunatley,I've canned that zoo for now. Read below:

 

I'm redoing the Johnstoni Park zoo. Something about it wasn't right. But now, I have a new version, and this one doesn't look as good as the last, but I actually worked a lot on it.

 

Welcome to the Johnstoni Park Zoo and aquarium! We hope you enjoy looking at our zoological collections from around the world.

 

Upon entrance to the zoo, you head over the the South American Pampas lands area. This area has many animals from the pampas/scrublands of South America.

 

 

The first exhibit (on the left) you view has several Giant Anteaters sniffing around. They love to lick up ants and termites from the termite mounds and anthills located throughout the exhibit. There's also several Pantagonian Mara in this exhibit, a large cavy-like rodent that almost looks like a little deer. They are the second largest rodents in the world, behind the Capybara. A view from the inside of the anteater/mara exhibit:

 

 

 

You go to the exhibit on your right, and look in and see Vicunas, camelids from the altiplano and scrublands of South America. These animals may be the wild ancestors of the domestic Alpaca. The next thing you see inside are several Darwin's Rhea. These ratites, (which are birds such as the ostrich, emu, and kiwi) are smaller than the Common Rhea, the larger Rhea species in South America. They have had several chicks, who follow the mother around. A view inside:

 

 

The next area you visit is the Rhinoceros house. It was built here in the park in 1913 when it housed deer (which are not common in the middle of the city, of course) for people to view. When the park started collecting exotic animals however, it housed a multitude of animals over the years, such as Alligators, Leopards, an Asian Elephant, tigers, and even some wild mustangs, until 1979 when a rhino program started and two White Rhinos were delivered, which have bred over the years for the two individuals we have now, Clyde and Rose. There's also a Northern Bald Ibis in the exhibit, which is one of the rarest birds in Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

The other side of the enclousure has Ankole Cows, a rare feral cow from Africa similar to the Texas Longhorn, as well as two Hadada Ibis.

 

[Eragon845]

Welcome back to the Johnstoni Zoo and Aquarium everyone! We have much to see but so little time! So if you'll cooperate with us you will get to see the newest sections of our zoo.

 

Two tanks have been built over here in this section of our zoo. Originally, a yard for farm animals like sheep and goats stood here. Now there are two large tanks containing two different cetecean species. The first one you see has a pair of playful Orcas. Although they look playful and cute swimming around, orcas, or killer whales are among the most ferocious animals in the wild, hunting seals, sharks, fish, turtles, penguins, porpoises, dolphins, seabirds, and even baleen whales.

 

The other tank currently holds several Pantropical Spotted Dolphins. Their tank is going to undergo renovations, so there are no plants or scenery in their exhibits. (In fact, it's a Pelagic Tank, but it should be coastal.)

 

 

 

You head on over to the wetlands pavillion. The main area is the African Wetlands area, which holds many species of African birds and fish, as well as 3 hippopotamus. The bird species you can view are Greater Flamingos, Lesser Flamingos, Sacred Ibis, Blacksmith Plovers, Saddlebilled Storks, Abdim's Storks, Hammerkop, and Hadada Ibis which have been moved from the ungulate house to welcome a few Damara Zebras, but that's another story.

 

There's also a small exhibit on the side which contains the largest living reptile, the Saltwater Crocodile, from Southeast Asia and Australia.

[Eragon845]

We head on over to the next exhibit, which is a huge one at that. You peer inside through the tall fences and notice a few dinosaurs inside, and they're huge. The biggest one you see is Parasaurolophus, a hadrosaur from North America in the Cretaceous. It uses its crest to make loud trumpet like noises. The smaller dinosaurs are Gallimimus, even though they almost stand 6 feet tall. These ostrich-like ornithomimisaurs are very fast and make strange noises. In this exhibit you will only see female Galli because they breed quickly and they lay 10 eggs a clutch.

 

 

 

That's it for now! Any requests on what we should see next time? (Request animals please!)

 

I am building a stegosaur plaza, with Kentros and Stegos, so, if you could, please don't request as many dinosaurs as living animals.

[pukkie]

Good looking screens again Kiwilover :cheerlie:

and the one with the hippo and the bird is just so cute :wub:

[Eragon845]

Thanks pukkie! I'm building a new ungulate house, it'll have more species and it'll be even better.

 

Edit:It's done, but I don't have time for pictures for now. Enjoy some descriptions:

Edit #2: I posted overviews of each exhibit, there's going to be closeup shots of the animals tomorrow.

The new, large ungulate house is now made out of white brick and took many months to complete. It has several "stables" inside where the animals reside during the winter and can have a nap or eat inside. The old brick enclosures have been demolished, paving the way for new exhibitions. The Vicunas stayed and now live in the ungulate house (the other South American Species now reside at a different park), as well as the white rhinos, whose former building was near where the new one stands. The exhibits inside and out of the house include:

African Ungulates: White Rhinos, Gerenuks, as well as a flock of Vulturine Guineafowl:

Przewalski's Gazelles: A herd of 5 females and 3 males of this very rare antelope from Mongolia:

 

Fallow Deer: "Traded" for the old anteaters by a sister park, this well-established herd of deer is already expecting two fawns.

 

Vicuñas: The old herd, as well as a few new individuals, two males and three females have been added:

 

Mountain Tapirs: Obtained by "trading" away our Maras and Rheas from the old South American pavillion. We now have three tapirs in a Montane/Tropical Rainforest Exhibit:

 

 

That's the new building. Close up shots tomorrow.

 

Also new:

 

Open Ocean:

A new Pelagic tank, holds several large open-ocean species, Mola-mola, a.k.a Ocean Sunfish, (largest bony fish), Whale Sharks, (Largest cartilaginous fish) and several Leatherback Sea Turtles:

 

Hypsi/Kentros

Our original plans for this dino exhibit included Stegosaurus and Kentrosaurus, but due to lack of space a group of energetic Hypsilophodon has taken their place:

 

[Eragon845]

I'm going to post more pictures later. See you then!

[pukkie]

great tank you got there Kiwilover And also your last screen I found that one very beautiful

[Eragon845]

Thank you pukkie! I have some new screens for you to enjoy. :wink:

 

Ungulate House Additions:

An addition was built on to the new, large ungulate house and now two new enclosures have been added on. The first is a moorland exhibit, and inside you'll find Exmoor Ponies, as well as 8 Red Grouse, a game bird from the moorlands of Europe. Many different kinds of moorland flowers, ferns, and grasses cover the ground, as the ponies graze and grouse run around. Overview:

 

 

The next new exhibition contains Markhor, an odd goat from the Himalayas. There are currently 2 males and 3 females, and they are expecting kids (baby goats) soon. In the wild they have become rarer due to hunting for their twisting horns.