Bambiraptor

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Bambiraptor

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct, dinosaurs

Released Date: Oct 17, 2008

Current BambiraptorMD_2008.ztd 16 October 2008

File Size: 1.54mb

Compatibility: DD or CC

Description: Bambiraptor is a 75 million year old bird-like dinosaur discovered by scientists at the University of Kansas, Yale University, and the University of New Orleans.
The Bambiraptor skeleton was discovered in 1995 by 14-year-old fossil hunter Wes Linster, who was looking for dinosaur bones with his parents near Glacier National Park in Montana. Linster told Time Magazine that he uncovered the skeleton on a tall hill and was amazed at his discovery. "I bolted down the hill to get my mom because I knew I shouldn't be messing with it", he said. The bones that Linster discovered on that hilltop led to the excavation of a skeleton that was approximately 95 percent complete. Because of its completeness Florida Paleontology Institute Director Martin Shugar compared it to the 'Rosetta Stone' that enabled archaeologists to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics. Yale paleontologist John Ostrom, who reintroduced the theory of bird evolution from dinosaurs after his 1964 discovery of Deinonychus in Wyoming, agreed, calling the specimen a "jewel", and telling reporters that the completeness and undistorted qualities of the bones should help scientists further understand the dinosaur-bird link. The specimen is currently housed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

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BambiraptorMD_2008.ztd                                      uca: 5448CE28 dated 16 October 2008

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Animal Type: 5448CE28

Bambiraptor

The Bambiraptor skeleton was discovered in 1995 by 14-year-old fossil hunter
Wes Linster, who was looking for dinosaur bones with his parents near Glacier
National Park in Montana. Linster told Time Magazine that he uncovered the
skeleton on a tall hill and was amazed at his discovery. "I bolted down the
hill to get my mom because I knew I shouldn't be messing with it", he said.
The bones that Linster discovered on that hilltop led to the excavation of a
skeleton that was approximately 95 percent complete. Because of its
completeness Florida Paleontology Institute Director Martin Shugar compared it
to the 'Rosetta Stone' that enabled archaeologists to translate Egyptian
hieroglyphics. Yale paleontologist John Ostrom, who reintroduced the theory of
bird evolution from dinosaurs after his 1964 discovery of Deinonychus in
Wyoming, agreed, calling the specimen a "jewel", and telling reporters that
the completeness and undistorted qualities of the bones should help scientists
further understand the dinosaur-bird link. The specimen is currently housed at
the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Deciduous Forest; Location: North America; 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 (6) is not 0 to 5.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Wild Olive Tree, Elm Tree, Pacific Dogwood Tree, Cherry Tree, Maple Tree
Thornless Mesquite Tree, Birch Tree, Trembling Aspen Tree, Globe Willow Tree
Japanese Maple Tree, Deciduous Bush, Weeping Willow Tree, White Oak Tree
Gingko Tree (DD), Glossopteris Tree (DD), Magnolia Tree (DD), Bonsai (CC)
Snowbell Tree (CC)

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, Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation
Rainforest Rock - Formation

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):
39 Deciduous Floor, 3 Dirt, 9 Fresh Water, 9 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
4 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Magnolia 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.