Seems like the AI guests are attracted to the animals appeal, which results in more $. A greater appeal should result in more guests, more happiness, more donations and purchases. Or as you pointed out you can also get more CC or trade$

Humans are attracted to the animals attributes. When selecting animals i look for stats such as size/longevity first. When all four stats are equal i would choose an animal that has a higher appeal; hoping to gain a slight monetary advantage.

I haven't used the trait filter yet, not sure if i knew it was there; ill give it try.

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Breeding rhinos at the newly remodeled Kungfu Zoo; inspired by the shaolin monastery.
The large building on the left is the martial arts training facilities, i will be adding some zen gardens in the open area.

The Zoo has 8 rhino habitats. Im currently using 4 habitats for my primary breeding group. although 1 male could utilize 6+ habitats with fertile animals. i can place the male in the trade center when he is not breeding. As a result he would age slower than the females, thus living longer and enabling him to breed with a second group of 4 females; 8 females in total.

i keep 8 females offspring and sell, trade, or release everything else


SInce gold males are hard to find, I use the other 4 habitats to breed unrated rhinos that i buy at the trade center. it takes a couple generations, but i am able to breed decent gold animals out of this group. This helps guarantee that i will always have a unrelated gold male for breeding; just in case i cant find one in the market. I also enjoy building stats through selective breeding.

Originally posted by SotiCoto:

What exactly do you mean by "750" / "788" / "766" / "894"?
What are those numbers, exactly?

I think that is the animals appeal rating.

I had a Pronghorn Antelope that was having two offspring instead of one. To my recollection, the trait was not passed on to any of her offspring. I also don't know what triggered the trait.

Originally posted by XrystalBelle:

I use the in game family tree to make sure that the animals are not within 2 generations of a relative, which is usually easy as I rarely keep a related couple for the next breeding group.

Thankyou for the 2 generation tip, i had been wondering about that.

Originally posted by With Faceless Panda:

You know I've never thought of using saved zoo as a stock yard, don't know why. I usually tend to sell all males and buy in applicable new ones. Yours is a great idea though.

My first rhino farm had 12 rhino habitats. Its 120 years old. During that time, i was only able to find 1 gold male with decent stats in the market. Good breeding stock was hard to come by, and i didn't know how many generations need to pass to prevent inbreeding; so i found a need to hoard animals. i didn't like the way the rhino farm was layed out, so i created a new zoo with 8 rhino habitats and i kept the old zoo as the stockyard. i finally found a second gold male on the market; after three days of persistent searching.

Im currently using a farm setup, i use serial numbers on the young, i have a couple breeding zoos and a stockyard zoo. The stockyard is set to slow the aging 5x. i use it to store my overstock. it also helps me with selective breeding to prevent inbreeding. i prefer to only have one species per breeding zoo; if it can pay for itself.

i started with bison, experimented with several other species. Currently breeding African elephants and Indian rhinos; they're rather challenging. Apparently i can only have 2 adult rhinos per habitat, so i rotate the bull into each habitat. its alot of work compared to just leaving 1 bison bull in a herd of bison.

First generation is labeled A/Size/Longevity such as A9292. The next Generation is labeled B/size/longevity.

The best bull offspring are sent to the stockyard and i breed the female offspring with a new bull; or vice versus. I buy a new bull from the market if one is available or i get one from the stockyard. Its hard to find good rhinos in the market.