Ass (African Wild Ass)

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African Wild Ass

ZA at Tek

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Author: rightEyElash (Zookapi)

Keywords: real animals, equine

Date Added: November 2003
Current African Wild Ass.ZTD dated 05 November 2025

Updated November 5, 2025 by Jay to not allow the animal to be placed on water terrain since it does not have swim animations, to have the tooltip for the preferred object appear for the female and young, to link to the sounds of Przewalski's Wild Horse, to increase the chances of ZT seeing when an escaped animal is hit by a tranquilizer dart, to add separate adult and young icons for the animal list, and to remove unnecessary files and configuration lines.

Zip Size: 1003.67 kB

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: The land of the African Wild Ass is flat, arid and stony, with hillocks that the animals stand on to survey the horizon. Temperatures soar to as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and shade is scarce. Small herds of Somali wild asses are known to travel great distances after dark in search of waterholes, and they can last two to three days without drinking at all. These tough yet beautiful animals are a living part of Africa's history and are depicted in cave paintings in North Africa. At one time, sultans ordered a man's hand cut off if he killed a wild ass. However, this protection lapsed and the equids were killed for their skins and meat. Today it is critically endangered and protected by the governments of Somalia and Ethiopia. This animal is NOT a mule.
This animal is made from the Przewalski's Wild Horse from the Complete Collection. It is a stat change as well as a recolor. This animal likes desert terrain as well as foliage from Africa only.

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Additional info:

african-wild-ass.zip: African Wild Ass.ztd (05 Nov 2025): przewal1.uca (05 Nov 2025)

Results From Configuration Checking (2022-10-29 checker version):

przewal1.uca date: Wed Nov 05 04:52:30 2025
No Errors or Warnings to show.

Animal Type: przewal1

African Wild Ass

The African wild ass lives in rocky deserts where the ground temperature
exceeds 122 degrees fahrenheit. It eats almost any plant food, from grasses to
thorny acacia bushes, and goes without water for several days. The upperparts
are buff-gray in summer and iron gray in winter; the mane is sparse but erect.
Females mate only with mature males who hold territories.

Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Desert; Location: Africa
Cost: 800; Crowd number: 30
ZT Family: Odd-Toed Ungulate; ZT Genus: Horse
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 90
Preferred shelter: Small Lean-to
Preferred ZT shelter allowing any animal without hack: Small Concrete Shelter
Animal can jump.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
 Palm Tree, Quiver Tree, Prickly Pear Cactus, Sand Bush (NA)
 Doum Palm Tree (NA), Yucca Tree (ES), Agave Cactus (ES)

Rocks:
 Large Rock, Small Rock, Medium Rock, Desert Rock Formation
 Medium Desert Rock (DD), Small Desert Rock (ES), Desert Rock (NA)

Specifically liked shelters:
 Small Lean-to, Lean-to, Large Lean-to, Small Concrete Shelter
 Concrete Shelter, Large Concrete Shelter, Small Wood Shelter, Wood Shelter
 Large Wood Shelter

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-20 with 15 squares for each adult

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 45 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 45 grid squares):
 39 Sand, 5 Dirt, 1 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 45 grid squares):
 1 grid square should contain foliage.
 Foliage that would give the most happiness: Palm Tree
 Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
 if the grid square contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 45 grid squares):
 4 Small Rock, which is its most liked rock