I know a guy who's building a petting zoo irl and I sent him this tutorial and he said he found it very helpful.

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

Oh awesome!

@bluebowser3347

11 күн бұрын

@@LeafProductions You know I'm sure you could create real life zoo tutorials. You could use Planet Zoo as a teaching aid, edit your videos in a similar fashion. Educate people on how to design zoo entrances, enclosures, enrichment etc. I'm sure a lot of people would find it helpful and I doubt such content exists on youtube. I know you're a planet zoo youtuber and that's your passion, but I figured it'd be worth mentioning anyways. My friend especially said your content is good quality and he doesn't play video games.

@RJordanT

11 күн бұрын

@@bluebowser3347 you’d be surprised. We do use planet zoo in the industry to plan enclosures :)

@nice-qm5jc

9 күн бұрын

@@bluebowser3347 Please!!! I love learning about this kind of thing even though I'm not a zookeeper! Leaf, if you're not already subscribed to ZAA membership, they allow the public to join without being enrolled in a school. They have webinars every couple weeks on zookeeping, like welfare, transport, enrichment, etc. I think they have videos on Rhinos right now. It helped me build better habitats for sure

@linhbanhhai7602

9 күн бұрын

@@bluebowser3347bro, what is that zoo called??

Honestly, the thing I have the most trouble in Planet Zoo is doing the layout. Every time i make a zoo it looks weird because the habitats are either too separated or too close. I hope you address that in a video because it would help me a lot.

@matildaelaine2632

17 сағат бұрын

Just think about real Zoos. Put a lot of Nature between the habitats and it will look way more realistic

Hey Leaf! Would love a tutorial on building indoor animal habitats like reptile houses or nocturnal houses!

I think leaf should continue with this zoo and just build it up to bigger animals and modern enclosures

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

that’s the plan!

Leaf, thank you for this video. Knowing which animals to start with is what I struggle with. This will help me out a lot!

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@slaughterhater

5 күн бұрын

For the entrance animal, I ultimately decided to go with sea lions after looking at where they are at the Houston Zoo

this tutorial series is simply PERFECT, pls continue with it

As a former keeper at York’s Wild Kingdom I do appreciate the bit of slander at the beginning of the video. That entrance is abysmal (so is most of the zoo to be fair)

@Oakleyyz

7 күн бұрын

If ur talking about York Maine, yeah, I was very disappointed and felt sad for them, especially the otter habit, along with the Lemurs, was super small and the water wasn't even able to be swam in

G'Day Leaf! This video was amazing and super helpful - you blended real life concepts and Planet Zoo effortlessly, and your attention to detail is superb. Maybe not for the next video, but I'd love to, at some point, see a video where you discuss how to fill in gaps between enclosures, and how to add realistic terrain changes in your zoo - as the steep path options and intense terrain don't fit most zoos super nicely. Cheers 😁

Using the Roller Coaster music in the video was just mindblowing

I would love a simple easy to follow underwater viewing habitat tutorial

Holy cow... I could say lots of things about the first minutes of the video but I really had to pause it to say I wasn't expecting at all the Roller Coaster Music. I knew you use to use ZT2 music and also is very powerful but, RCT... I almost weep with it... I didn't even know it carried so much nostalgia. Thanks :)

Going to agree with another comment: a video on laying out the zoo would be nice!

Thanks a lot for this tutorial Leaf. These foliage, rock work, AND building tutorials help a lot so I hope you make more in the future.

Great video! You’re such an inspiration

If you for some reason ever come to Alabama, hit me up and I'll show you around the Birmingham Zoo here and completely nerd out to tell you what used to be there back in the day versus the modern atrocity that the entrance is now amongst how they got rid of and buried money island that then became the gator pit after that before they got rid of it, amongst our red river hogs, the two duck ponds where the useless wide open green field is now that's only used for events at the park and has NOTHING in it, where out hippo house used to be as well as the enclosure where our Maned wolf and African wild dogs used to be, and our American bison as well before all of those animals were gotten rid of to make room for the African elephant enclosure that's HUGE for the 3 bulls we have to replace Mona and Suzie after they passed away. My uncle also used to work with Mona and Suzie before he had a heart attack in their enclosure and fell in the empty mote. He was their baby and they wouldn't let any of thr keepers retrieve him. Unfortunately he ended up passing away, and Mona and Suzie were never really the same after.

You really went above and beyond for this one.

I’ve been a fan of your mods since 1.4 but i’m now a fan of your videos too!

this is super helpful! i like these tutorials, pls make more

this helped so much for my African zoo I’m making! Thank you leaf.

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

Glad I could help!

@iamgoinginsane2386

11 күн бұрын

I will give you updates about my zoo.

Would love to see the next video be animal houses. Like reptile house, small mammal etc. would also love to see one for food courts!

Yeeeessss! Been thinking of this. Also will watch the video u mentioned about the entrances 🤍

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

Hope you like it!

Love seeing my pics in the vid! 😆

How did he knew i needed this the most

Looking at zoo maps to see where animal exhibits are on the map is a good way to get a general idea of a species list too

I also recently watched some of your zoo tours and recommend going to the Minnesota Zoo and Como Zoo because of all the amazing experiences. They are both in Minnesota, and Como Zoo is free to get in.

I needed this tutorial so much I struggle so much with the entrance and the entrance animal

it also would be cool sloth bears habitat, sloths, some aviary and reptile house, a caiman or maybe croc exhibit and some ungulate exhibits too

Another example of entrance animals are South American animals since the they tend to mainly be small animals and a lot of zoos have a transition from the smaller and less popular to the larger and more popular animals and a lot of South American animals are brightly coloured and can be very noisy. Examples of zoos that have South American animals as entrance animals are Hemsley Conservation Centre which starts off with a capybara and Brazilian tapir enclosure, Jersey zoo has a mixed enclosure for giant anteaters, black and gold howler monkeys and Visayan warty pigs (temporarily) along with having a hooded katydid vivarium in the queuing point for the entrance, Drusilla's has a mixed enclosure for Linne's two-toed sloths, green iguanas, pygmy marmosets and red-footed tortoises, Port Lympe has a black and gold howler monkey enclosure in front of their entrance and Colchester zoo has a transition from having mostly South American animals near the entrance, to Asian animals, to African animals when you go further down the zoo.

thank you this is helpful!

@LeafProductions

8 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@adiibuilds

8 күн бұрын

@@LeafProductions ty btw I use some animal mods u make on nexus mods,also I recently made this channel and I will post planet zoo videos

love ur vids!! i would also like to see pinnipeds as well 😍

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

Coming soon!

I understand wanting to build realistic, but if I am able to make habitats actually animal friendly and big (also known as 'bare minimum' if you truly care about the animals) then I will most certainly do so... I find it really sad seeing how many planet zoo builders (and other games as well) on yt build such small enclosures (sadly how they mostly are in rl) when they can freely choose the size. It just shows that the mindset to stop making animals live under horrible conditions/exploiting animals is so far away for most of humanity - they won't even accept that those problems exist (and in such mass)... Heartbreaking to me. (Just something I notice in many videos and it hurts me every time. Humanity won't stop treating irl animals like shlt if they don't even make any effort with fake ones.) Otherwise great tips and your foliage looks amazing! :)

@LeafProductions

6 күн бұрын

it’s just a different way of building! flamingos typically don’t require a lot of space anyways as they’re colonial species that tend to stick together (: I always build with the best welfare in mind on a realistic scale of what a zoo is after all! and overall there’s so many different ways to play the game! i enjoy the challenge of getting it to feel like real life ingame but I’m sure people like you enjoy challenging reality and giving the animals more than they need as well! 🫶

You should make a bronx zoo recreation in planet zoo!

So is the concept here a New England-style city zoo where the episodes are framed as tutorials? Fantastic.

Good morning Leafboy how are you today 😊🍃

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

Slay!!!

@Carnoto43

11 күн бұрын

🤣!!!

Great

This video is also giving me ideas on how to reduce stress for animals that want privacy like Takin and gazelles

In Givskud zoo i Got to see The pygmy hippos back stage❤❤ in Denmark

It’ll probably be a bit till you get to it but could you do a tutorial on over-crossings. There was a zoo I went to as a kid that had an orangutan exhibit that had two parts with a crossing way up in the air. I’ve tried to make it myself a few times but haven’t been able to get it quite right.

I always wonder how you guys get the custom fences to look so good. I have a lot of trouble with overlap and getting them to look realistic and not obnoxious. I also have trouble with mesh.

Will you put this zoo in the workshop when it is finished

And here I use a Saltwater Crocodile as my entrance animal lol. 0/4 ain't bad eh.

My local zoos starting animal is a hum bolt penguin

Hi Leaf, New subscriber here. I'm new to the game, a couple weeks in. I like how creative you are. Can I just confirm you're playing on PC so any of your blueprints aren't accessible to me on the workshop on my Xbox console? Or is it a shared workshop? 🤔 Thanks

@LeafProductions

6 күн бұрын

Yea!

My brother will get a gaming laptop soon (not a PC because it will be part for his school) and then i can finally get planet zoo. So yeah this may help? What id o know is that small begin animals can also be fun. At a zoo in my country there are 2 animals that are at the outside of the entrance so you can look at them even without going into the park. Those animals are pheasants and ring tailed lemurs.

@Toadey2012

11 күн бұрын

Wut country you from?

NO WAY PART 2

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

yes!

@Poillo419

11 күн бұрын

Also i was literally seeing the most grotescue true crime story imaginable and then your notification and i just instantly clicked on It.

Maybe you could add Red river hogs?

Hi Leaf, are you able to play Prehistoric Kingdom currently?

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

i am!

For next video can you make an under water viewing area for beginners?

@LIL_JEFF-1

6 күн бұрын

Thx for the heart

Personally, I use koalas or tortoises as the first animals

Its kinda hard to apply C.L.A.K for Prehistoric Kingdom... because yk.... dinosaurs...

I HEAR RCT3 MUSIC AROUND THE 2 MINUTE MARK

please you can make a philippine animal 🙏🥺

I wish I could learn how to do moats for the habitats in my zoo😢

@LucasGoddard-fn9bb

11 күн бұрын

And custom fences

@LucasGoddard-fn9bb

11 күн бұрын

And buildings

Love you and your country name?

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

AMERICA 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅

8:20 CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD 😭😭😭

not mentioning meerkats is a crime there are only three zoos in my area and 2 of them have meerkats first. the next closest zoo also has meerkats. im sick of meerkats. the other one has koalas for gods sake the designers clearly didnt use clak

@LeafProductions

11 күн бұрын

aaaah shoot!

0:38 This out of context