Fox (Arctic Fox by hit4life & LAwebTek)

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Arctic Fox

ZooTek Phoenix

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Author: hit4life & LAwebTek

Keywords: Animals, Arctic

Release Date: Dec 21 2003

Updated: July 25, 2009 to allow the arctic fox to swim on water terrain without ZT crashing and to change the ztd name because there are multiple arctic foxes amongst the different sites.
Updated: January 15, 2021 by fern to stop the arctic fox from disliking itself.

Current arctic fox_h4_LA.ztd dated 15 January 2021
Note: Previous ztd names: arctic fox.ztd, ArcticFoxbyHit4LifeandLAwebTek.ztd

File Size: 786 Kb

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: The arctic fox uses real fox sounds and is programmed to like Catfish's snowy foliage plus the rocks and foliage that come with the ZTF Christmas Pack. They will also take the arctic grass, arctic bush, or Christmas tree in their exhibit. Arctic foxes live in burrows and prefer them in the game, however this version has also been programmed to like the snowy rock cave because there are currently no burrows with snow on them in the game.
It prefers the large burrow, but it will also live in the snowy rock cave. The arctic fox is a social animal.

Because of its thick coat, it is able to survive in freezing cold temperatures. Thick hair on the pads of their feet protect their feet from freezing and help them to walk on the ice. The Arctic fox can walk on ice without slipping. It uses ice floes to travel in search of food in the winter.
It can curl up in the snow and cover its nose and face with its bushy tail to keep warm. In the summer the fox will hide food in its den or under rocks. This is how it stores food for later use.
The Arctic fox is small (about the same weight as a cat) with short legs and short rounded furry ears. The bushy tail is about 30 cm. long. Its bushy fur coat makes it look much larger than it really is. Near the end of summer the grayish brown coat of the Arctic fox begins to grow thicker. The color of the fur turns gray and then white. The oily fur sheds water and helps to keep the fox dry.The female may have 4 to 11 pups. The average litter is 6 or 7 pups. She can have two litters a year. The babies are born in a den or burrow in late spring. A baby fox is the size of a kitten. Both parents take care of the blind cubs. At two weeks the cubs open their eyes. At three weeks they go outside and begin to explore.
To feed a litter of ten the parents must kill about thirty lemmings a day. When their family is almost grown, the parents feed them over a hundred lemmings a day! The young foxes are taught how to hunt and are independent by fall. The young males leave the family and form their own groups. The young females stay with the family group.


They prey on voles, lemmings, hares, ground squirrels, birds and birds' eggs. Foxes that live near the coast feed on shellfish, sea urchins and other shore animals. They check the shoreline for dead seals, whales, and dead fish . When meat is not available the Arctic fox eats fruit and berries.
The Arctic fox will even kill baby seals if the fox can find the seal's den in the snow .
The Arctic fox walks along the top of the snow and listens for small animals running under the snow. When they hear something, they jump up and down to break through the snow with their front paws. Once they break through, they can grab their prey.

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arctic_fox_h4_LA.zip: arctic fox_h4_LA.ztd

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

286A92F5.uca date: Fri Jan 15 20:42:02 2021
*** Warning: f= has Baby1, but there is no BehaviorSet\Baby1].

Animal Type: 286A92F5

Arctic Fox

Because of its thick coat, it is able to survive in freezing cold
temperatures. Thick hair on the pads of their feet protect their feet from
freezing and help them to walk on the ice. The Arctic fox can walk on ice
without slipping. It uses ice floes to travel in search of food in the winter.

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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Tundra; Location: Arctic
Cost: 1150; Crowd number: 20
ZT Family: Canine; ZT Genus: Wolf
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 95
Preferred shelter: Large Burrow
Preferred ZT shelter allowing any animal without hack: Small Concrete Shelter
Animal can swim in water terrain.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Holiday Tree, Arctic Birch Tree (DD), Arctic Grass (DD), Arctic Bush (DD)
Snowy Tree (CC), Snowy Bush (CC), Snowy Grass (CC)

Rocks:
Small Snowy Rock, Medium Snowy Rock, Large Snowy Rock
Large Snowy Rock - Medium, 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
Small Burrow, Burrow, Large Burrow

Other specifically liked objects:
Snowy Rock Formation

Internal names of specifically liked user made objects:
01FF4026 (Glacial Ice Formation), 2B9F8026 (Snowy Pine), 2BA5E026 (Snowy Tree), Snowy, 2BB26057 (Snowy Norwegian Pine), 40C25026 (Ice Crystal), DE8B1026 (Snowy Western Juniper), DEA8C057 (Snowy Western Red Cedar Tree)
DEB41026 (Snowy Spruce Tree), DEC0A026 (Snowy Yew Tree), DFA8C026 (Snowy Dogwood Tree), DFB1C026 (Snowy Pine Bush), E0E83026 (Snowy Fir Tree), E0EF3026 (Snowy Cattails), E0F6B026 (Snowy Lodgepole Pine)
E0FE0026 (Snowy Yucca Tree)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 2-20 with 15 squares for each adult

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 30 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 30 grid squares):
23 Snow, 5 Gray Stone, 2 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 30 grid squares):
2 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Arctic Grass (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 2 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 30 grid squares):
10 Small Snowy Rock, which is its most liked rock