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Location: Oceania
Biome: Reef
Map Size: Small
Difficulty: Hard
Cash: $90,000


The descriptions are in this color
"Your zoo has some new arrivals: smart dolphins . Can you care for these large, highly intelligent creatures? Complete all scenarios in this campaign to unlock marine mania-themed buildings and objects"

The introduction of each respective scenario is in this color

Your zoo wants to obtain more Marine Mania animals. A nearby Underwater life Specialist has offered to donate two of their Dolphins. There's no charge, but you have promised to take good care of these large intelligent animals.

You will find the two dolphins in crates near the entrance to your zoo. Create an exhibit for the animals and meet all their basic needs. Once you've demonstrated that you can care for the creatures, the
Underwaterlife Specialist may donate additional Dolphins to your zoo.


The ads are all in BLACK and are Italic

Ads: The Underwater life Specialist will give you a cash grant if you have 20 marine species in your zoo .


The rest are all in BLACK. Occasionally, you may find texts in RED and BLUE in the 'Explanation' section of each scenario walkthrough. These signal important notes or risky maneuvers that you need to know when playing the scenario.








Saturday, April 24, 2010

Marine Shows: Marine Show Mogul

Location: Eastern Europe
Biome: Boreal Forest
Map Size: Medium
Difficulty: Hard
Cash:  $80,000



Create a 5-star show in the ultimate test of showmanship! Complete all the scenarios in this campaign to unlock the upgraded show platform.


Ads: You will receive a cash grant of $10,000 at 1 star
$20,000 at 2 stars, $40,000 at 3 stars , $60,000 at 4 stars
and 5 stars you will win the scenario and get the upgraded show platform
canopy





This is the fifth and final scenario in the Marine Shows category. You must be adept in training marine animals in order to complete this. The scenario opens with a medium sized zoo with no animals and lots of foliage to recycle. Firstly, I flattened the terrain and recycled most of the foliage. Next, I build a tiny food court with a few typical buildings. After that, I started building a very large marine show tank in the middle of the zoo. (Make sure to make the show tank big enough for all the props to fit in, enlarge it if you require more space.)  I started constructing the Beluga tank and adopted 2 Belugas. I made sure the male Beluga was fully trained before adding it to the show. I played the show thrice, then my show star went up to 2 1/2 stars. Make sure your Beluga performs 6 or more tricks successfully each time the show is played if not your show star will remain as 1 1/2 to 2 stars until you add more animals into the show. Also, do take note that Level 2 tricks racks you a higher chance of increasing your show star than Level 1 tricks. My zoo fame was 1 star. I released a few $1,250 animals away to increase my zoo fame to 1 1/2 star. Then, I adopted 2 California Sea Lions, trained one fully, added it to the show and played it a few times. My show star went up to 3 1/2 stars. Remember to add 'breaks' to your show to prevent the animals from being over tired. Again, I released a few $1,250 animals away. Then, my zoo fame went up to 2 stars I started to build a Short-finned Pilot Whale tank, adopted 2 of them, trained one fully, added it to the show then played the show for a few times (3-4 times) and then my show star went to 4 1/2 stars. I released a few more $1,250 animals away until the 'released to the wild' bar is full. and then my zoo fame went up to 2 1/2 stars. I added 2 Sea Otters into the California Sea Lion exhibit. Do take note that the sea lion might kill your otter so beware. It killed 1 of my otters. (Put the otter in a separated tank if you do not wish to take the risk.) Luckily he killed the one that hasn't been trained. I quickly train the last otter and then added it to the show. I played the show twice and the show star became 5 stars and I won the scenario with 2 1/2 stars zoo fame and $165,429 and no staffs altogether 22 animals, 15 belugas, 3 short-finned whales, 3 sea lions and a sea otter.


Hiring trainers are mostly a waste of money and time. It's better to train the animals yourself rather than to wait. This is when you need to be good at training marine animals. Clear up trash cans and fix water filters yourself in order to save time.



Here is the photo of the canopy



Sunday, April 18, 2010

African Adventure: A Mob Of A Meerkat


Location: West Africa
Biome: Savannah
Map Size: Medium
Difficulty: Normal
Cash: $20,000


"Your zoo has some new arrivals: mischievous meerkats. Can you care for these small, highly social creatures? Complete all scenarios in this campaign to unlock desert-themed buildings and objects"

The Introduction :
"Your zoo wants to obtain more African animals. A nearby Wildlife sanctuary has offered to donate two of their Meerkats. There's no charge, but you have promised to take good care of these small sociable animals.

You will find the two meerkats in crates near the entrance to your zoo. Create an exhibit for the animals and meet all their basic needs. Once you've demonstrated that you can care for the creatures, the wildlife sanctuary may donate additional Meerkats to your zoo.

One thing to note about Meerkats is that they are very good diggers. So good, in fact, that they can dig under many types of fences! If you don't have a fence that can keep the in you will either need to be clever when you design their exhibit or just catch them whenever they escape."

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This is the first scenario in the African Adventure. The scenario opens with a tiny food court and with 12 animals which are 3 Dromedary Camels, 2 Red Kangaroos, 2 Ostrich, 3 Zebra, 1 Black Rhinoceros, and 2 Crated Meerkats. This scenario is relatively simple. All you have to do is to make a suitable exhibit for the Meerkats.

I used the High Wooden Rail Fence so that the meerkats cannot escape and I added all the things that the meerkats needed. Also do take note that you need to build a very large exhibit as the wildlife sanctuary will donate 6 more meerkats in a few days. All you need to do at this point is to take care of the meerkats for 3 months and you can win the scenario.



Wednesday, April 14, 2010

African Adventure: The Secretary Bird

Location: West Africa
Biome: Scrub
Map Size: Medium
Difficulty: Normal
Cash: $50,000



"Can you capture the behaviors of this long-legged predator on film? Complete all of the scenarios in this campaign to unlock desert-themed buildings and objects."

"The Secretary Bird is a common sight in the savannahs and grasslands of Africa. Although these long-legged predators can fly, Secretary Birds spend most of their time on foot, striding over the landscape in search of lizards, insects, and rodents to feed on.
The Raptor Protection Society helps protect birds of prey throughout the world. The society has donated a Secretary Bird to your zoo, which you will find crated near the entrance to your zoo. In exchange for the donation, the society wants you to take a series of Secretary Bird photos for the annual fundraising calendar."


To complete this scenario requires great awareness. You should always look at the activity bar and see what are your animal's actions and remember to hit that camera button. This is the second Scenario in the African Adventure and the scenario opens with a normal medium sized zoo and a food court and 17 animals which are 2 Chimpanzees, 3 Greater Flamingos, 3 Thomson's Gazelles, 3 Okapis, 2 Hippopotamuses, 3 Common Zebras, and 1 crated Secretary Bird. All you need to do is to take 5 specific photos of a secretary bird as shown below.
  • A secretary bird flapping its wings
  • A secretary bird preening
  • A secretary bird stalking a live food lizard
  • A secretary bird using a pursuit ball
  • A secretary bird's egg
I built an exhibit for the Secretary Bird and added foliage into the exhibit. Next, I waited for the bird to flap its wings (Remember to check the action status and be ready to hit the Camera Button.) Then I took a photo of it. Do take note that dirty birds love to preen more often. So, you shouldn't clean the secretary bird until its hygiene reaches the critical level. I took a photo of it preening. At this point, my zoo fame was 2 stars. Now for the photo of it stalking a live food lizard. The lizard can be purchased when your zoo reaches 1 1/2 stars. I got the lizard and waited for it to stalk the lizard. If your Secretary Bird seems to hunt its food or does nothing to the lizard, you should grab the Secretary Bird and place it over and over again near the lizard until its activity bar says 'stalking live food'). Next I put a pursuit ball in the exhibit and waited for the secretary bird to use it and I took the photo. As mentioned above, you can also grab the Secretary Bird and place it over and over again near the pursuit ball until the action bar changes to 'going to use the pursuit ball'. Also, do remember to check the Stimulation status of your secretary bird. You will need a 3 star zoo fame to adopt another secretary bird. Then, I built an exhibit for the African Spurred Tortoise. My zoo went to 2 1/2 stars I released an Okapi, a Thomson's Gazelle and 2 Greater Flamingos. Then, my zoo fame immediately went up to 3 stars. I purchased another Secretary Bird and 2 Secretary Bird's Nests. I waited for them to mate and the female laid an egg. I took a photo of that egg and won the scenario.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

African Adventure: The African Diversity Zoo

Location: West Africa
Biome: Scrub
Map Size: Medium
Difficulty: Hard
Cash: $60,000





You've been hired to create a zoo containing 14 African species, but only four of the species can be savannah animals. Complete all scenarios in this campaign to unlock desert-themed buildings and objects."


Ads: 
->  If you adopt 2 different African Scrub animals, the zoo will give you a 10000 cash grant.
-> If you adopt 4 African species,  the zoo will give you a 20000 cash grant.
-> If you adopt 8 African species, the zoo will give you a 40000 cash grant.




This is the last scenario in the African Adventures and winning it will unlock the desert-themed objects. This empty zoo opens with foliage and rocks that can be recycled. I started by flattening the ground. I built a food court for the guests before building the Bongo exhibit. Do remember that you do not have to place 2 of the same animals every time you create a new exhibit for each different African species as any DIFFERENT animal that is from Africa counts as an African species regardless of the number of the same species you place. You should start out with the cheapest animals first before adopting the expensive onesI proceeded to build an exhibit for the American Buffalo. The third exhibit I built was the Dromedary Camel exhibit. After that, I created a Thomson's Gazelle exhibit, you may want to make this exhibit larger for other animals to be put in. Four of these animals are the easiest to care for. My zoo now has 4 African Species. My zoo fame went up to 1 star then I adopted the African Spurred Tortoise and the Scimitar-horned Oryx together in the same desert exhibit. (Separate them by splitting the exhibit with fences if you are afraid that the Oryx might kill the Tortoise. The camels on the other hand will NOT kill the tortoise.) Then I adopted a Gemsbok in a Scrub exhibit. I also added the Masai Giraffe and the Wildebeest into the Thomson's Gazelle's exhibit. Then, I added the Greater Flamingo into my wetland exhibit. (The African Buffalo might kill the flamingos so if you are not willing to take the risk, place the flamingos in a separate exhibit. Also do take note that flamingos die really quickly.) So now I had 10 African Species in my zoo. My zoo fame increased to 1 1/2 star. Then I adopted the Common Zebra. At this point I had 4 Savannah African Species, so next I built another wetland exhibit for the Nile Crocodile (Do not place any other animals with the crocodile, the crocodile will most probably devour the other animals in the exhibit.) and then I added the Nile Monitor in the African Buffalo and Greater Flamingo exhibit. (Separate the monitor with the buffalo and flamingo if you are not willing to take the risk.) My zoo had 13 African species now. Then, I released 3 Caribous and a Musk Ox to the wild as these animals are cheap to adopt. My zoo fame immediately went up to 2 stars. I added the Gerenuk and won the scenario.

The scenario ended with 2 stars of zoo fame, 14 species, 30 animals, 4 released animals and no staffs.
Hire a few staffs if you are lazy to do the cleaning yourself.
Here is a preview of the Desert-Themed Objects. I forgot to add the themed fence though.


The Desert-Themed Objects
  1. Donation Box
  2. Trash Can
  3. Bench
  4. Umbrella Table
  5. Lampost
  6. Viewing Canopy
  7. Statue
  8. Arch
  9. Fountain
  10. Family Restroom
  11. Small Restroom
  12. Food Stand
  13. Dessert Carts