Author Topic: The Whale Shark Grows!!! (Read 20286 times)

damien551 · « **on:** October 21, 2006, 05:19:20 PM »

It says under whale shark fun facts that the ones you adopt are adolesents then they grow to be larger. Is that cool or what?!:woot:

Panda King · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2006, 05:28:40 PM »

...Umm, I guess so...

Why is that cool? Babies grow up. Full grown whale sharks are too large to transpoert, so babies are needed.

kiwibuddy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2006, 07:05:53 PM »

Thank goodness! I always thougth the whale sharks were too small! But now that I know they grow, I'm not upset anymore! :laughing: :laughing: Personally, I think BF should have done the same with the white shark. :

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Megaraptor · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2006, 07:08:36 PM »

This is fantastic! Adds a great sense of realism to the zoos.

eye_of_the_tiger · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2006, 08:14:36 PM »

i know, i was kind of dissapointed when i made my huge reef exhibit,(i never put whale sharks in benthic, it just looks wrong.) just to find that the whale sharks were small. then i went to the zoopedia and read the line that says the whale sharks will grow and im all yipeee.!!!!:woot:

dootdoot · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2006, 08:54:10 AM »

Really? I've never tryed whale sharks yet, this is exciting! I wonder how big they will get...

damien551 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2006, 09:42:31 AM »

I think that fact was for real life not in the game. I havent seen the adopted ones grow any larger yet. Oh and to Panda King its cool because the adults grow larger,which is a first in zoo tycoon series.

csleesburg · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2006, 09:48:36 AM »

Quote from: damien551;149388

I think that fact was for real life not in the game. I havent seen the adopted ones grow any larger yet. Oh and to Panda King its cool because the adults grow larger,which is a first in zoo tycoon series.

I beliee they do, because it warns you in zoopedia that eventually you'll have to replace them because they outgrown their tanks. But I think it's slowly.

MinGraphics · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2006, 10:31:00 AM »

Sweet I have to try this, and take photos of it next to other animals to see how fast it grows!

dinwrest · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2006, 01:50:26 PM »

I learned this the hard way. I had a big reef exhibet with whale sharks , mantas , dolphins , and reef sharks. The whale sharks were fine until at one point I was pummeled by " The water is to shallow for Whale Shark 1 " and stuff . I noticed my whale sharks were now hugenormous. Now I always remember to make the exhibet biggerer than usual.

willoughby · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2006, 04:08:26 PM »

Has anyone actually had one grow? Because one of the problems in the beta was that they never did and I'm not sure if this has been fixed.

Packraptor · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2006, 05:00:08 PM »

This is awesome! The two whale sharks at the Atlanta Aquarium are both still young, about 28 feet long, at least when I saw them they were. Their exhibit is a reef exhibit, and it is designed for fully grown whale sharks. They are estimated to grow to be around 60 feet!

Panda King · « **Reply #12 on:** October 22, 2006, 05:10:52 PM »

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I think that fact was for real life not in the game. I havent seen the adopted ones grow any larger yet. Oh and to Panda King its cool because the adults grow larger,which is a first in zoo tycoon series.

Actually, it's just like adopting a baby animal. I guess it's pretty neat.

Zoo102 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2006, 12:16:03 PM »

Does anyone know if the game says something like "Whale Shark 3 has just grown to full size" or soemthign like that?

Wild One · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2006, 12:18:28 PM »

This is a cool feature, they should do this more often! I like how the whale shark grows as time goes by, very cool idea. :

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eye_of_the_tiger · « **Reply #15 on:** October 23, 2006, 12:44:38 PM »

i dont know, but i didnt think they would be able to reproduce until they were full grown, but about 8 3 foot little plankton eaters told me otherwise.

Spider Monkey · « **Reply #16 on:** October 23, 2006, 12:51:54 PM »

Hmm, I've had one for a while and he doesn't seem to have grown. How long does it take? How big a tank will a full-sized one need?

Guests sure love him! He seems to be pretty curious about the guests as well.

eye_of_the_tiger · « **Reply #17 on:** October 23, 2006, 01:19:07 PM »

yes, i have noticed that behavior, along with a few others in other animals. my guests always love the sharks.

Nique · « **Reply #18 on:** October 23, 2006, 02:40:07 PM »

I do love how realistic they are trying to make this. Even more so as each EP is released!

Birdman · « **Reply #19 on:** October 24, 2006, 12:20:10 PM »

Quote from: dinwrest;149491

I learned this the hard way. I had a big reef exhibet with whale sharks , mantas , dolphins , and reef sharks. The whale sharks were fine until at one point I was pummeled by " The water is to shallow for Whale Shark 1 " and stuff . I noticed my whale sharks were now hugenormous. Now I always remember to make the exhibet biggerer than usual.

Really!!!! LOL :laughing:

Agent Froggy · « **Reply #20 on:** October 24, 2006, 05:13:52 PM »

This is pretty

, and very realistic. Praise to Blue Fang!

eye_of_the_tiger · « **Reply #21 on:** October 24, 2006, 06:14:03 PM »

Quote from: dinwrest;149491

I learned this the hard way. I had a big reef exhibet with whale sharks , mantas , dolphins , and reef sharks. The whale sharks were fine until at one point I was pummeled by " The water is to shallow for Whale Shark 1 " and stuff . I noticed my whale sharks were now hugenormous. Now I always remember to make the exhibet biggerer than usual.

about how long did you have those whale sharks? i just want to see them so badly as super sharks.:

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damien551 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2006, 12:16:51 PM »

I have them in a tank for a year (game time) and they have had babies and dint grow an inch. But there are differnt sizes. I took my male out of his tank and stuck him in shallow water. Then I adopted a female and she was 2x bigger then he was!

Birdman · « **Reply #23 on:** October 25, 2006, 12:59:54 PM »

Wow! werid!

GoneWild · « **Reply #24 on:** November 10, 2006, 05:51:59 PM »

has anyone had a whale shark grow yet? maybe it takes like a couple game years.

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