Shark tank
January-September, Year FiveBefore we start on sharks, we've got to work on some problems that have emerged with guest satisfaction. While donations are still pouring in, we have more angry guests than I'd like. Since we're almost completely dependent on the donation flow to survive our massive upkeep costs, this could become a problem later on.
Fun fact, we won an award for our 500th guest back in Year Two. That means that these four guests, along with many of our others, haven't left the zoo in at least three years.
I've added restaurants to areas with too many unsatisfied guests that don't already have a nearby restaurant. One along the main tunnel to the aquatic section, and another in the hub. Sorry to lose one of the lava pits, but it's for the Greater Good.
Our aquatic section has always been the most popular guest area, but the safari hike has quickly grown to compete with it.
I was in the aquatic section considering how to boost the popularity of our undervisited normal and prehistoric sections when an alert went off.
An under-maintained fence on the Allosaurus exhibit weakened enough that the dinosaur was able to break through.
The DRT responded quickly, but this time the Allosaurus wasn't in a mostly deserted construction site. Guest 2096 was just outside the enclosure when the breakout occurred.
At least Guest 2097 getting stomped on flung around like a toy delayed the Allosaurus' rampage long enough for the DRT to get into position and recapture the dinosaur. The Allosaurus has been returned to his cage and given the strongest fencing available. Guest 2097 survived the attack, but is very angry with the Headshoots Zoo. At last report, he was leaving the Moon to visit an amusement park instead.
Excellent suggestion on the compost building, Duckman! Our animals collectively produce an enormous amount of poop, and this building will let us turn it into an asset. The building paid itself off within minutes of its construction.
That one compost building easily blew our admission and dolphin show profits out of the water and is singlehandedly competing with the concession sales of every restaurant and gift shop in the zoo. It is, by far, the single most valuable object in the zoo.
I don't think there's much reason to build another one though, since the one building is enough to handle our dung supply. We've put the building itself in the back of the prehistoric section, as far away from people as possible. Along with reducing our dependence on the often fickle donations, we were able to use the money to hire more keepers to solve a problem with the amount of poop in the safari section bothering guests.
By February, our T. rex achieved full size.
Over the next several months, we began building the whale tank. Progress was slow as we recovered from about 30 donors pulling their funding after Guest 2097's "unfortunate incident."
We also expanded the hammerhead tank, in anticipation of adding more sharks later.
Construction was then put briefly on hold due to an interruption.
A little girl fled down the yellow brick road as a maintenance worker rushed past, fixing the hole in the fence as the grizzly bear chased her.
Nobody was hurt in the breakout, as a zookeeper was able to tranquilize the bear before he got very far.
At least the bear wasn't all that stressed by his brief taste of freedom. Once the tranquilizers wore off, he promptly decided to take a nap again by his pond.
Our Spinosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Triceratops are all adults by now.
After that brief incident of terror was over, we bought and housed our whale shark.
Not long after, two humpback whales were added to the mix.
Two pairs of mako and tiger sharks fit in happily with the hammerheads.
Some months after that, we added the yeti exhibit Happerry suggested.
The yeti exhibit and our concentrated effort to gather up all the lucrative poops won us the Highest Quality Exhibits award, with a $40,000 prize.
That money was very helpful in funding our last shark exhibit, a pair of great whites.
With the rest of our prize money, we were able to afford the second walker pen.
Please welcome the AT-TE to the park!
A humpback whale mother breaches as her calf swims nearby.
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