Gastornis
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Author: Devona
Keywords: Extinct Animal
Date released: November 29, 2004
Zip size: 109 KB
Current ztd date: November 16, 2004
Compatibility: All Game Versions, although it will take advantage of DD features if you have it
Description: Gastornis (Gastornis geiselensis) was one of the largest animals around at the time. "Gaston's bird" is named after Gaston Planti, who found the first remains. Birds are now generally considered to be all that remains of the once much more diverse dinosaurs. And this huge, heavily built bird certainly looks like a worthy descendant. Its bones show it was very sturdily built and had an incredibly powerful hatchet-like beak. There has been debate about what it used its enormous beak for. Some say it was for cracking nuts; another theory suggests it used the beak to crush bones. Given its huge size, Gastornis must have been a silent ambush hunter in the thick forests. Gastornis lived on the forest floor in the great expanses of rainforest which covered the land in the Eocene.
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Additional info:
gastornis.ztd uca: 553132FB dated 16 November 2004
Results From Configuration Checking:
553132fb.uca date: Tue Nov 16 20:22:26 2004
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Animal Type: 553132FB
Gastornis
Gastornis (Gastornis geiselensis) was one of the largest animals around at the
time. "Gaston's bird" is named after Gaston Planti, who found the first
remains. Birds are now generally considered to be all that remains of the
once much more diverse dinosaurs. And this huge, heavily built bird certainly
looks like a worthy descendant. Its bones show it was very sturdily built and
had an incredibly powerful hatchet-like beak. There has been debate about
what it used its enormous beak for. Some say it was for cracking nuts;
another theory suggests it used the beak to crush bones. Given its huge size,
Gastornis must have been a silent ambush hunter in the thick forests.
Gastornis lived on the forest floor in the great expanses of rainforest which
covered the land in the Eocene.
(plus 1 other paragraph)
Animal Characteristics:
Habitat: Rainforest; Location: China; Era: Jurassic
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 98.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Exhibit Preferences:
Foliage:
Ulmo Tree, Mangrove Tree, Elephant Ear Tree, Foxtail Palm Tree
Llala Palm Tree, Rainforest Bush, Rainforest Fern, Orchid Tree, Kapok Tree
Thouarsus Cycad Tree (DD), Fern Bush (DD), Leptocycas Tree (DD)
Williamsonia Tree (DD), Fallen Rainforest Tree (ES), Rainforest Stump (ES)
Rafflesia (ES), Giant Ficus Tree (ES), Durian Tree (ES)
Rocks:
Large Rock, Large Rock - 1, Large Rock - 2, Large Rock - 3, Large Rock - 4
Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small, Small Rock - 7, Small Rock - 8
Small Rock - 9, Stone Ruins, Rainforest Rock - Formation
Mossy Rainforest Rock (ES), Limestone Rock (ES)
Other specifically liked items:
Jungle Rock - Formation
Exhibit Construction:
Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-10 with 20 squares for each adult.
Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 60 grid squares
Terrain (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
30 Rainforest Floor, 18 Fresh Water, 12 Grass
Foliage (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
4 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Thouarsus Cycad Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 4 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.
Rocks (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
5 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.
Elevation: Of the 60 squares, 2 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.