Penguin (Gentoo Penguin)

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Gentoo Penguin

ZooTek Phoenix

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Author: Hawkkeye

Keywords: penguins, flightless birds

Release date: 25 September 2021

File Size: n/a

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: Part of the Penguin Pack
Gentoo Penguins breed in big colonies.
Compatibility guide: King Penguin, Royal Penguin, Gentoo Penguin: Borsato´s Rockhopper Penguin

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Additional info:

PenguinsByHawkkeye.zip: combined/PenguinsCombinedByHawkkeye.ztd
PenguinsByHawkkeye.zip: GentooPenguinByHawkkeye.ztd: uca: hwgentop dated 22 June 2021

Previously in hawkkeyespenguins.ztd and hawkkeyespenguins2ndversion.ztd

Results From Configuration Checking (2021-05-30 checker version):

hwgentop.uca date: Tue Jun 22 06:28:24 2021
No Errors or Warnings to show.

Animal Type: hwgentop

Gentoo Penguin

The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) is a penguin species (or possibly a
species complex) in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related to the Adélie
penguin (P. adeliae) and the chinstrap penguin (P. antarcticus). The earliest
scientific description was made in 1781 by Johann Reinhold Forster with a type
locality in the Falkland Islands. They call in a variety of ways, but the most
frequently heard is a loud trumpeting which the bird emits with its head
thrown back. The gentoo penguin is easily recognized by the wide white stripe
extending like a bonnet across the top of its head and its bright orange-red
bill. It has pale whitish-pink webbed feet and a fairly long tail – the most
prominent tail of all penguin species. Chicks have grey backs with white
fronts. As the gentoo penguin waddles along on land, its tail sticks out
behind, sweeping from side to side, hence the scientific name Pygoscelis,
which means "rump-tailed". Gentoos reach a height of 51 to 90 cm (20 to 35
in),making them the third-largest species of penguin after the emperor penguin
and the king penguin. Males have a maximum weight of about 8.5 kg (19 lb) just
before molting, and a minimum weight of about 4.9 kg (11 lb) just before
mating. For females, the maximum weight is 8.2 kg (18 lb) just before molting,
but their weight drops to as little as 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) when guarding the
chicks in the nest.[18] Birds from the north are on average 700 g (1.5 lb)
heavier and 10 cm (3.9 in) taller than the southern birds. Southern gentoo
penguins reach 75–80 cm (30–31 in) in length. They are the fastest underwater
swimmers of all penguins, reaching speeds of up to 36 km/h (22 mph).vThe
breeding colonies of gentoo penguins are located on ice-free surfaces.
Colonies can be directly on the shoreline or can be located considerably
inland. They prefer shallow coastal areas and often nest between tufts of
grass. In South Georgia, for example, breeding colonies are 2 km inland. In
colonies farther inland, where the penguins nest in grassy areas, they shift
location slightly every year because the grass will become trampled over time.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Aquatic; Location: Antarctica
Cost: 800; Crowd number: 50
ZT Family: Bird; ZT Genus: Penguin
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 85
Preferred shelter: Large Burrow
Preferred ZT shelter allowing any animal without hack: Small Concrete Shelter
Animal can swim in water terrain.
Animal can swim in tanks.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Water Lily, Water Reed, Bald Cypress Tree (DD), Horsetail (DD)
Arctic Birch Tree (DD), Arctic Grass (DD), Arctic Bush (DD), Sea Anemone (MM)
Barnacles (MM), Beach Grass (MM), Brittle Sea Star (MM), Clam Bed (MM)
Orange Cup Coral (MM), Divercate Tree Coral (MM), Feather Duster Worm (MM)
Fire Coral (MM), Kelp (MM), Sea Lettuce (MM), Red Gorgonian (MM)
Sargassum (MM), Sand Dollar (MM), Sea Cucumber (MM), Sea Star (MM)
Seaweed (MM), Sea Grass (MM), Sea Sponge (MM), Stove Pipe Sponge (MM)
Tube Worm (MM), Purple Sea Urchin (MM), Snowy Tree (CC), Snowy Bush (CC)
Snowy Grass (CC)

Rocks:
Small Snowy Rock, Medium Snowy Rock, Large Snowy Rock
Large Snowy Rock - Medium, Medium Aquatic Rock (DD)
Small Ocean Floor Rock (MM), Medium Coral Formation (MM)
Large Ocean Floor Rock (MM), Medium Ocean Floor Rock (MM)
Large Coral Formation (MM), Iceberg (MM), Isle Rock (MM), Arctic Rock (CC)

Specifically liked shelters:
Snowy Rock Cave, Small Concrete Shelter, Concrete Shelter
Large Concrete Shelter, Small Wood Shelter, Wood Shelter, Large Wood Shelter
Burrow, Large Burrow

Specifically tolerated shelters:
Small Burrow

Other specifically liked objects:
Snowy Rock Formation, Ice Floe (MM), Raft (MM)

Other specifically tolerated objects:
Tank Filter (MM)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 4-99 with 5 squares for each adult

Exhibit size (for 4 adults): 20 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 20 grid squares):
12 Salt Water, 2 Brown Stone, 2 Gray Stone, 4 Sand

Foliage (for exhibit with 20 grid squares):
0 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness when needed: Beach Grass (MM)

Rocks (for exhibit with 20 grid squares):
1 Medium Aquatic Rock (DD), which is its most liked rock,
and 1 Small Snowy Rock

Elevation: Of the 20 squares, 1 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.