Ivory Velociraptor

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Ivory Velociraptor

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Author: Ghirin

Keywords: Extinct Animals, dinosaurs

Date Released: Dec 27, 2003

Current IvoryVelociraptorGh_2003.ztd dated 11 December 2003

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Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: The ivory velociraptor is a leucistic version of the velociraptor. While leucistic animals are light-colored, often white, they are not albinos. Albinism is defined as a defect in the production of the pigment melanin. Albino mammals usually have white fur because they only use melanin as a pigment. Other animals such as reptiles and amphibians have additional sources of pigmentation such as carotenoids (reds, oranges, yellows) and structures that reflect light (iridophores), producing greens and blues; thus, albino reptiles are often brightly colored with reds and yellows.

In extant reptiles and amphibians, there is an absence of cells that produce both melanin and carotenoids, and only a few iridophores are present. The result is white skin. Unlike albinism, color cannot be restored by the transplantation of normal chromoblastic cells and thus seems to be related to a defect in the skin itself. This condition appears to be limited to the skin because leucistic animals often have pigmented eyes, although the irises may be blue instead of the normal brown or black.

It is very likely that leucistic individuals occurred among dinosaurs, just as they do among modern animals; however, such individuals would have a major disadvantage compared to their normally colored fellows because they would stand out and be more likely to fall to predators. Just like leucistic animals today, the ivory velociraptor would have a higher survival rate in captivity than in the wild.

References:
Designer Reptiles and Amphibians. R.D. Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett, 2001.
Reptile and Amphibian Variants: Colors, Patterns, and Scales. H. Bernard Bechtel, 1995.
The Corn Snake Manual. Bill Love and Kathy Love, 2000.
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Ivory Velociraptor

The ivory velociraptor is a leucistic version of the velociraptor.  While
leucistic animals are light-colored, often white, they are not albinos.
Albinism is defined as a defect in the production of the pigment melanin.
Albino mammals usually have white fur because they only use melanin as a
pigment.  Other animals such as reptiles and amphibians have additional
sources of pigmentation such as carotenoids (reds, oranges, yellows) and
structures that reflect light (iridophores), producing greens and blues; thus,
albino reptiles are often brightly colored with reds and yellows.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Asia; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 98.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (7) is not 0 to 5.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Spruce Tree, Yellow Cedar Tree
Western Red Cedar Tree, Broadleaf Bush, Club Moss Shrub (DD)
Walchian Conifer Tree (DD), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD), Lepidodendron Tree (DD)
Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)

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, Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation
Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 2-8 with 80 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 160 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
136 Coniferous Floor, 8 Fresh Water, 16 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
10 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Dawn Redwood Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 10 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
6 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.