Victory?
January-March, Year 3.Today, I started out mostly just fossil hunting and saving money for the things we have planned, such as the dolphin show and expanded crocodile population. Not very interesting, but we'll be able to do more fun stuff later.
We got upgraded jeeps as a reward for the $15,000 the tour had earned us. We adjusted the vehicles on the tour accordingly.
I don't know if I've ever seen that marine zoo gate. It says it requires $200,000 in marine animal donations.
Our Cuban crocodiles bred, building a nest at the foot of the volcano.
As a reward, we received a balloon bouquet. We'll get one of these every time we successfully breed an endangered or extinct animal.
I was surprised to find out about this mechanic. I got a message that our first dwarf crocodiles were "about to reach full size" and went to check up on them. Turns out Crocodylia's crocodilians get significantly larger after a few years.
We've got a good challenge to make three different exceptional animals within 2 months for $7,500. That shouldn't be too difficult, as long as we're picking the one-star animals.
We had an unusual guest in the lab while creating a new bluebuck to fit into the preexisting exhibit.
After the bluebuck, a pair of baby Sivatherium were added to our savanna enclosure.
Dodos joined the bongo exhibit, completing our set of easy to care for animals torn from Death's clutches.
The $7,500 was a pretty good reward for whatever untamable genetic power we may or may not have unleashed. We used it to buy a second unicorn to establish a breeding population.
We had to release some of our bongos to the wild to make room in the enclosure.
Our peafowl died out, so we replaced them with four new ones. Two males and two females, so this investment should last a while.
While fossil hunting, we hit one of the few mandatory challenges in the game. A power surge burnt out "all" our aquarium filters.
We only had a single filter to clean the marlin tank. It cost us $1,000 to replace it, but we can make that back very quickly and waiting for insurance would block us from getting any better challenges in the two months it takes them to process the claim.
It took us a while to find all the 1-star fossils. Although a bigger map is generally better, it does make it a lot harder to find fossils, and you need to find every fossil from the lower levels before you can find better ones. In the end though, we did it and the fossil finder was upgraded for the 2-star set.
Our namesake cannon apparently contained a quagga fossil.
The Sivatherium reached adulthood after
one month.We had to deal with a disease breaking out in the park in mid-March.
The way the disease treatment minigame works is that we get a series of clues to find the animal, cause, and cure for a disease. The fewer hints we use, the better our reward for curing the disease.
Super Bluebuck 2 proved to be the animal afflicted with "digestive difficulties". "Super" animals are created by scoring 90% or better on the creation minigame. They're a bit bigger than normal and get a variety of minor bonuses. They have a chance to pass the bonus on to their offspring, but the genetic improvements usually fade out after a few generations.
Surprisingly, poop turned out to be the cause of the disease. I just guessed it randomly based on proximity, so that will save us some money.
The hints are usually more subtle than this, but the first hint we got basically told us we needed a compost building.
While we worked on that, we got a new challenge. Three executives are visiting our zoo, and if they see enough endangered species we'll get a $10,000 grant. Tragically, this isn't the setup to a Three Stooges short.
Before dealing with anything else, all other concerns were briefly put on hold.
New scenery:
Sequoia tunnel ($2,000)
I feel like we're just getting started, so we'll stick around for a while. This swamp's still got plenty to offer us.
(By the way, Super Bluebuck 2 was cured. We received $4,899 for curing the disease with only one hint, bringing us to a current total of $22,289.)
An impressed visitor from the crocodile ride.
Zoo fame:5 stars!
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