New Animals List - SPOILER!

[Otter Lord]

They are missing a big chunk in the lower part of the food chain. No small fish like tuna, salmon, or anything like that.

[csleesburg]

Have anyone heared anything about sea iguana, I would love that in MM?

Is the list of animals on the first page confirmed by anyone?

Cheers and thanks for any replies

The list is confirmed by those of us beta testers who actually have the game.

[Ouch]

My opinions on the animals.

Beluga - Cool.
Narwhal - Also cool. It'll be interesting to see it in the game.
Pacific Walrus - Looks cool, AND it performs in shows.
Orca - I loved it the instant I saw it all that long time ago.
False Killer Whale - Sounds interesting.
Bottlenose Dolphin - I again loved it the moment I saw it.
California Sea Lion - I think it is the most realistic animal so far.
Green Sea Turtle - Looks great.
Rockhopper Penguin - Looks good, if a bit freaky.
Sea Otter - I hope they break shellfish with stones.
West Indian Manatee - Looks a little freaky.
Manta Ray - Looks nice.
Blacktip Reef Shark - At least they used a shark I've seen.
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Nice.
Blue Marlin - Should be interesting.
Leatherback Sea Turtle - Always looked nice.
Short-Finned Pilot Whale - I hope it goes with the turtle and Marlin.
Whale Shark - Sounds great, but I think they should have been Pelagic.
Goblin Shark - The unknown is always interesting.
White Shark - We'll see. I'm pleased that the sharks are all different.

[Tigeress_10]

Two reef animals now, no grassland animals when ZT2 was originally released. Didn't our designers fix that? =)

CALIFORNIA SEA LION! WEWT! And dolphins/orcas!  :flipper:

[Alpha Dilophosaur]

I wonder if the designers would be able to make the ambients into animals, because it would be cool to have lionfish, crabs, and remoras swimming around wherever you want.

[csleesburg]

I wonder if the designers would be able to make the ambients into animals, because it would be cool to have lionfish, crabs, and remoras swimming around wherever you want.

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[legomannate]

I thought ZT1 MM had a lot of animals, what are all the other ZT2 expansions, because I am thinking about buying ZT2 when this comes out.

[Rosinas Cat]

Well legomannate, I didn't realise you don't have ZT2. There are two other expansions, Endangered Species and African Adventure. And the Dino Danger premium download.

Well I am really pleased at this list. Just one thing though. Confession: I have a dictionary that usually sits gathering dust on the shelf. But I had to blow the dust off to look up 'Pelagic'.:blushing: :laughing:

Oh this xp is going to be fantastic!:woot:

[Eriorguez]

Alright, time to create my mixed exibits!
Beluga - Narwhal: Both are close relatives, both are cool, both from the same biome. Perfect.
Pacific Walrus - Sea lion: Well, they mix well.
Orca - False Killer Whale - Bottlenose Dolphin: Wanted it since I heard False killer whale. A must be.
Green Sea Turtle - Leatherback turtle - Galapagos tortoise - African spurred tortoise: Slow-mo exibit!
Rockhopper Penguin - Emperor penguin: FINALLY, penguins with company different from user-made animals!
West Indian Manatee - African elephant/Hippo - Asian elephant/Pigmy hippo: What?
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Whale Shark - White Shark: 3 big sharks. Coolio.

I'm looking forward to this!

P.S::welcomean back.

[lamna]

I wonder if there will be any user created downloads for Marine Mania?

I think somebody has alredy made a skin for a comman dolphin (from the demo) The list looks great, and there are also artic cod and tuna enricment. And koi decrations. But the whale shark and great white have odd biomes. Great whites are costal (though they do migrate into pelagic) and whale sharks are pelagic and reef.

After ive fiddled a bit and made a marine park im going to build the glapagos, with costal deep water and scrub land. shame there is marine igana, still as i say zoo simulation players cant be chosers and never look a gift sealion in the mouth!

[Ouch]

I know what I want to do Mixed Exhibit wise.

I wanna do a Bottlenose Dolphin/California Sea Lion/Green Sea Turtle/Rockhopper Penguin/Sea Otter/West Indian Manatee exhibit. Make the most of the new coastal biome, after all. Lets hope they don't try and eat each other.

[Megaraptor]

Hmm, first, i'm gonna make a Tundra Section of a zoo. It'll be divided into four sections.
It'll be the shape of an X, with an enclosure in each open section. Large Mountains will make up the X shape.
The Sections-
Polar Bears-Mix land/water
Orca/Beluga-All water
Narwhal/Penguin-Water, some land
Caribou-All land.

Thats just the beginning. I'll also have a large Coastal section, which will also feature some Benthic animals.

[csleesburg]

I think somebody has alredy made a skin for a comman dolphin (from the demo) !

If they have, they better not release it. Even though the Beta NDA is over, extracting the files would be foolish before the offical release.

[dinwrest]

Well I am really pleased at this list. Just one thing though. Confession: I have a dictionary that usually sits gathering dust on the shelf. But I had to blow the dust off to look up 'Pelagic'.:blushing: :laughing:

Don't worry , you aren't alone I only knew what coastal and reef meant :sweatingb I have so many ideas for new zoos and most peoples sound so cool. I'm probably going to have a spiral of elevated path and put a tank in the middle. Narrow , but cool looking. I think the orca should have gone in something other than tundra. Usually they aren't that far North.

[dinomaster30]

Hey maybe they will have the igauanas the stingrays (RIP steve) and the eels and such as bonus downloads! and whale sharks!!!

[Zoocrazyman]

I'm a little disappointed that there isn't that many reef animals like moray eels or sting rays but the rest of the list is awesome!! I really like White Sharks and am looking forward to see them in the game(or at least some screenshots!).

[Bigheads96]

For all of you designers, I have lots of animal ideas for you!

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[DingoMutt]

This is so awesome, I'm about to wet myself! Thanks so much for the list! Yay sea lions!

[hupdo1593]

those are awesome animals! i have one question, no one has to answer it, i'm just putting it out there: so they have whale sharks in the game, but why not humpback, sperm, and right whales? they only grow like ten feet longer, right?

[Megaraptor]

those are awesome animals! i have one question, no one has to answer it, i'm just putting it out there: so they have whale sharks in the game, but why not humpback, sperm, and right whales? they only grow like ten feet longer, right?

Whale Sharks are fairly common now adays in captivity. Sperm, Right and Humpback whales have never been in captivity.
WHale Sharks- Commonly 40 feet, realy around 50ft. 20 tons
Right Whale-60ft
Humpback-50ft 40 tons
Sperm-60ft 55 tons (once recored over 80 feet long)

WHale Sharks make alot of sense, while those whales could never be held in captivity.

[lizardlips]

I agree. 90% of the animals in MM2 seem to make sense. Even the white shark. It's so awesome that Monterey Bay Aquarium has another one!:woot:

This is all so awesome and overwhelming!!:woot:

But what about goblin shark, pilot whale, narwhal and manta? Are they all in captivity, or have been? I'm not even saying that they had to be in an aquarium, as long as they were in captivity.

For the leatherback turtle, since it's pelagic, does it just use the tropical island to breed, and not even have the choice of land?

[HorseGal]

I'm so happy about this list! Yay, Sea Otters and Belugas! This is going to be one heck of a game!

[kiwibuddy]

I was upset to see no sunfish or sawfish. But the list is still good. Hate to be a copy cat, but here are my opinions on the animals.

Orca - Good
Bottlenose Dolphin - Good. And three varients!
False Killer Whale - Not sure if that black whale in the trailer movie thing was a pilot whale or f. k. whale.
Beluga - Sounds Good
Narwhal - Not exactly realistic but sounds good. Will be fun to mix with belugas.
Short Finned Pilot Whale - Same with f. k. whale. Sounds interesting.
California Sea Lion - Good
Pacific Walrus - Good. I saw a pic of it performing in a show. It was waving to the show hostess.
Southern Sea Otter - Looked kinda big in the pic.
West Indian Manatee - Looks light in color and a bit odd, but should be good.
Blacktip Reef Shark - Kinda small, but looks good.
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Good. Almost evil looking.
Great White Shark - Half and half on this. Kinda looks like a tiger shark.
Whale Shark - Oh joy!
Goblin Shark - Kinda 50/50 again, but actually kinda excited about it.
Manta Ray - Good
Blue Marlin - Wouldn't it hit it's long nose into the tank walls?
Green Sea Turtle - Looks kinda cute. I could just hug it. Three varients also!
Leatherback Turtle - Looks kinda funky from above. (In the very first pics of MM, you can see it peeping out of the water. I personally think we'd be fine with only one turtle species.)
Rockhopper Penguin - Good. And the baby is so cute.

I'm eager to see what the pilot whale/false killer whale, whale shark, goblin shark, and marlin look like in-game!

[Wild One]

Think of all the mixed exhibits we can make in this game now!

Narwhals, Pacific walrus, and belugas, and maybe the orca if it doesn't eat them. :laughing:

Leatherback turtle and green turtle

Manta rays and blue marlins MIGHT work right?

Blue Marlin - Wouldn't it hit it's long nose into the tank walls?

LOL! I think they might be a tad smarter then that (even in games! lol), if it does that, then it'll remind of of that Tom and Jerry cartoon where Tom pounded the marlin's nose with a hammer down to a barrel, then it couldn't move.

[Alpha Dilophosaur]

I wonder if the animals will be pretty good about being put in different biomes than the ones there assigned in...

Anywho, I pretty much like all the animals, though I might have taken out the false killer whale or the blue marlin to put in something like a moray eel, a bat ray, or a sunfish.