I mean, we absolutely
can build an animal death pit, it's just likely to destroy the zoo if we do. I'd rather not do it unless everyone's in favor.
Big pig
August-October, Year 3Another quiet day, as we gathered fossils and saved for future plans. After much digging, we finally found all the giant warthog bones.
The cloning process nearly failed, because I was distracted by the scientist inexplicably "swimming" through the air towards me and then hovering in the creation area.
Nevertheless, we were able to salvage the situation and create a baby giant warthog. Housing the animal proved much easier than its creation, since we could just move him into the savanna exhibit.
Our next attempt went much better, and we made a super animal.
As we finished moving in the giant piglet, we received an interesting offer to test an animal exchange program with another zoo.
We agreed, and our Masai giraffes were temporarily removed. In return, we were given a collection of four mythical Japanese snakes called Tsuchinoko. We had one month to earn $500 in donations for them, if we wanted to keep them.
To that end, the Tsuchinoko needed a temperate forest exhibit with a good flow of guests. To give them the best odds of success, they were given the peafowl's exhibit and the peafowl themselves were moved into the unicorn/bluebuck area along with their food. A slight expansion was needed to make room, but they don't mind the grassland much.
The snakes were released into their new enclosure. An educator was already posted outside, so it's up to our guests now to decide if we get to keep this $80,000 worth of animals.
We had to release a bunch of our dwarf crocodiles to the wild. There were so many of them at this point that taking care of them was taking a disproportionate amount of effort on our zookeeper's part. We got an award for doing so.
Our blue marlins are improving their skills, it seems. One of them managed to escape the tank and end up in the swamp water. Although she could survive in there, until she starved at least, the water wasn't deep enough to keep her happy. We returned her to the tank.
Although we couldn't directly "pave the roads with gold" as Zultan suggested, we do have a pair of gold statues we can place.
We also added a gold-plated drinking fountain to the danger playground.
We had to move the pilot whale to the dolphin tank after he killed and ate one of the blue marlins. He doesn't mind the coastal biome, so that'll save us money on a new tank unless you really want them separate.
Poor Blue Marlin 4.
Sadly, the Tsuchinoko only raised about $100 in donations, resulting in their being taken back to their original zoo. We could put the peafowl back into their original enclosure, but they seem to fit in well with the bluebucks and unicorns. Should we return them to the original exhibit, or put something else in there?
More bad news to start October. We're having a bit of difficulty with money at the moment, as our donations have decreased sharply in the past couple months. Next time, I'll look over the zoo and see what we can change to improve things. We might have to change the content of some of the exhibits and delay plans, but those donations are crucial to everything else we do.
A mature giant warthog grazing in the savanna.
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