Holy Leapin' Lemurs, Batman!

TerrierMom · Post by **TerrierMom** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:02 am

Ah, Ring-Tailed Lemurs, the Warthogs of ZT2. Live forever and breed like rabbits!

I have a HUGE rainforest mixed species exhibit with Okapi, Lemurs, and Chimps. There's a dozen or so Okapi, half a dozen Chimps, they are the newest additions to the exhibit, and haven't had so much time to expand and breed, and over 100, yes 100, Lemurs. All descended form the 3 or 4 Lemurs I put in the exhibit when I built it! I keep expecting them to feel over crowded, but it hasn't happened yet. Unlike with ostriches, who tend to get overcrowded quickly. It's an enormous exhibit, but still. The Okapi-Lemur-Chimp combo is a good one, particularly the Lemurs and Okapi seem to love each other

Capt.Rutlinger · Post by **Capt.Rutlinger** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:34 am

in fact that is kind of strange cause in the wild they never meet

phantom · Post by **phantom** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:14 pm

Good point Captain. Lemurs live on Madagascar and the okapis stay on mainland Africa. Chimps and okapis make sense. If anything you think the chimps would hunt the lemurs since chimps do hunt smaller monkeys...

TerrierMom · Post by **TerrierMom** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:34 pm

I know, I thought it strange, too. But in ZT2 it works, the animals are happy, the Okapi and Lemur deliriously so, and the guests love it. Perhaps my chimps would attack the lemurs if there were not outnumbered about 25 to 1! I have 6 chimps, and one of those is a baby. There's probably 120 lemurs of all ages.

Cold Tiger · Post by **Cold Tiger** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:09 pm

Yeiks, that's a lot of lemurs!

I will have to look out for them if I ever get the game...

vampire · Post by **vampire** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:33 pm

i have a mix too. i started out with okapis, then lemurs, then chimps, then jaguars, then tigers, then gorrilias. they get along perfect. its not really that big an exhibit either. i have about 50 of each, except for the cats. i have about 6 ofm them. theyre all really happy too. its the weirdest thing.

ScottBommarito · Post by **ScottBommarito** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:19 pm

I only had some lemurs once, but it sounds like those breed a lot!

And Cold Tiger, you get lemurs at about 3-4 1/2 stars in challenge and scenario. I also have a huge exhibit full of 3 elephants, about 7 lions, a couple of cheetahs, very few gazelle, and very few zebras.

vampire · Post by **vampire** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:48 pm

it's kind of gross though. that means theres in breeding. in zt1 you didnt have to worry about that kinda thing