If you could own a prehistoric pet(s), what would it be?
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:49 pm
The title is self-explanatory, if you could own any prehistoric pet(s), what would it be? You may also post the care you would provide it. Mine would be;
Smilodon (Would have a pack of them)
Cage: 100ft long, 130ft wide, 90ft tall. Almost like a zoo exhibit, it would be like the enclosures that you look down into instead of looking at it.
Terrain: Natural dirt collected from the South American Savannah, were they originated.
Hide: Large man made burrows, much like a bears den.
Food and Water: Bison and Horses, things they ate that are still alive today. He/She with get his water from a rocky pond.
Flora and Fauna: Dung beetles to clean up the poop. Monkey Puzzle Trees and tall grasses for them to feel happy and hide. Vultures and Buzzards will pick there leftovers clean. Termites colonies will also be there to simulate a natural environment for them.
Enrichment: Mechanical Bull with a mechanical beating heart it in attached to a fake jugular, so they can feel like they're killing something. Stumps for them to sharpen there claws OR if they're a male, mark his territory.
Decorations: Rocks, Termite Hills, and other landforms will simulate an environment suitable for them.
Charcharodontosaurus (Two, one male, one female)
Cage: 10,000ft long, 10,000ft wide, and 100ft tall. This could be seen as a miniature natural park.
Terrain: A mixture of sand, and dirt from places they're from; Argentina and Northern Africa.
Hide: They can hide under a tree, and that's about it.
Food and Water: Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos, pretty much everything under the sun. Water will be supplied with a large pond with large fish in it for them to eat.
Flora and Fauna: Dung beetles to clean up the poop. Plants currently unknown, may use birds as an example for plants. Buzzards and Vultures or smaller dinosaurs will eat leftover food.
Enrichment: Live Food. Things for them to chew on, like modern day birds.
Decorations: Rocky slopes and hills, caves for the young to hide in, plenty of small animals for them to hunt.
Mosasaurids of all subfamilies.
Cage?: A VERY large saltwater pond, not too deep, I want to see them and all. The pond can be the size of a shallow bay.
Terrain: Live sand from a pet store, for a healthy ecosystem.
Hide: Cave systems, aquatic plants.
Food and Water: Shellfish, Large Fish, Cetaceans (Dolphins and Whales), and eachother.
Flora and Fauna: Algae from a healthy and natural look, fish like the Indo-Pacific Ceolocanth and small sharks for them to prey on. Saltwater Crocodiles, and the occasional dolphin pod.
Enrichment: Live Prey, and a Seal Dummy so they can chase after it, rough it up, and get a good bit of exercise. Could train them like seals and do things like balancing a beach ball on there snout or swimming with them.
Decorations: Plenty of live rocks for them to hide in as caves, plenty of aquatic plants growing in a large number to feed the animals living in the pond.
Argentavis Magnificens
Cage: Part of the Missouri Bluff and a large grassland inside a park. (The bird(s) will have a tracking device and will be trained to come by name)
Terrain: Whatever is there already.
Hide: Caves, trees.
Food and Water: Large animals they used to eat like Rhinos, Horses, Big Cats, Camelids, Buffalo, all sorts of things. A large river for it them to drink from.
Flora and Fauna: The animals they eat, dung beetles to clean up after it all. Trees found in both South America AND Africa, such as Monkey Puzzle.
Enrichment: Hunting, puzzles like they do with parrots and crows.
Decorations: The Missouri Bluff, a large rocky cliff face, a large river, and monkey puzzles.
Smilodon (Would have a pack of them)
Cage: 100ft long, 130ft wide, 90ft tall. Almost like a zoo exhibit, it would be like the enclosures that you look down into instead of looking at it.
Terrain: Natural dirt collected from the South American Savannah, were they originated.
Hide: Large man made burrows, much like a bears den.
Food and Water: Bison and Horses, things they ate that are still alive today. He/She with get his water from a rocky pond.
Flora and Fauna: Dung beetles to clean up the poop. Monkey Puzzle Trees and tall grasses for them to feel happy and hide. Vultures and Buzzards will pick there leftovers clean. Termites colonies will also be there to simulate a natural environment for them.
Enrichment: Mechanical Bull with a mechanical beating heart it in attached to a fake jugular, so they can feel like they're killing something. Stumps for them to sharpen there claws OR if they're a male, mark his territory.
Decorations: Rocks, Termite Hills, and other landforms will simulate an environment suitable for them.
Charcharodontosaurus (Two, one male, one female)
Cage: 10,000ft long, 10,000ft wide, and 100ft tall. This could be seen as a miniature natural park.
Terrain: A mixture of sand, and dirt from places they're from; Argentina and Northern Africa.
Hide: They can hide under a tree, and that's about it.
Food and Water: Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos, pretty much everything under the sun. Water will be supplied with a large pond with large fish in it for them to eat.
Flora and Fauna: Dung beetles to clean up the poop. Plants currently unknown, may use birds as an example for plants. Buzzards and Vultures or smaller dinosaurs will eat leftover food.
Enrichment: Live Food. Things for them to chew on, like modern day birds.
Decorations: Rocky slopes and hills, caves for the young to hide in, plenty of small animals for them to hunt.
Mosasaurids of all subfamilies.
Cage?: A VERY large saltwater pond, not too deep, I want to see them and all. The pond can be the size of a shallow bay.
Terrain: Live sand from a pet store, for a healthy ecosystem.
Hide: Cave systems, aquatic plants.
Food and Water: Shellfish, Large Fish, Cetaceans (Dolphins and Whales), and eachother.
Flora and Fauna: Algae from a healthy and natural look, fish like the Indo-Pacific Ceolocanth and small sharks for them to prey on. Saltwater Crocodiles, and the occasional dolphin pod.
Enrichment: Live Prey, and a Seal Dummy so they can chase after it, rough it up, and get a good bit of exercise. Could train them like seals and do things like balancing a beach ball on there snout or swimming with them.
Decorations: Plenty of live rocks for them to hide in as caves, plenty of aquatic plants growing in a large number to feed the animals living in the pond.
Argentavis Magnificens
Cage: Part of the Missouri Bluff and a large grassland inside a park. (The bird(s) will have a tracking device and will be trained to come by name)
Terrain: Whatever is there already.
Hide: Caves, trees.
Food and Water: Large animals they used to eat like Rhinos, Horses, Big Cats, Camelids, Buffalo, all sorts of things. A large river for it them to drink from.
Flora and Fauna: The animals they eat, dung beetles to clean up after it all. Trees found in both South America AND Africa, such as Monkey Puzzle.
Enrichment: Hunting, puzzles like they do with parrots and crows.
Decorations: The Missouri Bluff, a large rocky cliff face, a large river, and monkey puzzles.
