Diatryma

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Diatryma

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Creator: RSN

Keywords: Extinct Animals

Date Released: Dec 25th 03
Current RSNDiatryma.ztd dated 27 December 2003

File Size: 1 MB

Compatibility: Dino Digs and Marine Mania

Description: This animal will add interest to any zoo. Diatryma is one of the giant hunter birds which lived in North and South America. Eats little animals, like rodents, reptiles, little ungulates, baby saber toothed cats and birds. Diatryma have a size up to 2 meters, a beak like a parrot and the body of a ostrich. During Eocene to Pleistocene, various species of these type of bird,lived in the Americas. The wings are reduced and don't have the ability to fly. Diatryma are very fast runners. With new species of predators, like man, cats and other flying birds, like Argentavis, Diatryma and the other species of this type of hunting plains bird, became extinct.

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Additional info:

RSNDiatryma.zip                RSNDiatryma.ztd           uca: 35C5452F dated 27 Dec 03

Results From Configuration Checking:

35c5452f.uca date: Sat Dec 27 21:49:14 2003
*** Warning: The [] section is unnecessary and could be removed.
*** Warning: Sum of family, genus, and animal id/type values are < 0.
*** Warning: uca/ai file contains the word 'Undefined'.
*** Warning: BehaviorSet sections contain duplicate lines.
Animal Type: 35C5452F

Diatryma

Diatryma is one of the giant hunter birds lived in the Noth and South
America.Eats little animals,like rodents,reptiles,little ungulates,baby saber
toothed cats and birds.Diatryma have a size up to 2 meters,a peck like of the
parot and the body of a ostrich.During Eocene to Pleistocene,various species
of these type of bird,of Phorusrhachidae and Diatrymidae lived in the
Americas.Diatryma live in the Oligocene to Plesitocene and are more commonly
in souths of Americas.The wings are reduced and don?t have the capacity of
fly.Running,the Diatryma are very faster.With news species of predators,like
the man,cats and flying birds,like Argentavis,Diatryma and the others species
of this type of hunting plains bird,are extinct.

Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Deciduous Forest; Location: North America; Era: Ice Age
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 90.
Preferred shelter: Large Lean-to.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb objects.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (7) 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
Broadleaf Bush, Gingko Tree (DD), Glossopteris Tree (DD), Magnolia Tree (DD)
Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD), Arctic Birch Tree (DD), Arctic Grass (DD)
Arctic Bush (DD), Bonsai (CC), Snowbell Tree (CC)

Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small
Small Snowy Rock - Medium, Small Snowy Rock - Small
Large Snowy Rock - Medium, Large Snowy Rock - Large
Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation

Other specifically liked items:
Snowy Rock - Formation

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-3 with 5 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 10 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 10 grid squares):
2 Deciduous Floor, 1 Dirt, 1 Brown Stone, 2 Snow, 1 Fresh Water, 3 Grass

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

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

Elevation: Of the 10 squares, 0 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.

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