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73-488: Similar to its predecessor, 2001's Zoo Tycoon , the objective is to build and operate a zoo by creating exhibits and aquariums , keeping guests and animals happy, and maintaining employees, finances, terrain, foliage, and scenery. The gameplay revolves around creating suitable exhibits for animals through habitat modifications (ground cover, water, elevation, foliage, and rocks, plus a variety of other items including food, shelters, and toys/enrichment items) which fulfill

146-458: A $ 25,000 grant from Microsoft to be put towards upkeep and maintenance. The contest consisted of three rounds, with the first round consisting of zoos being picked by a team of judges based on submitted press materials, which resulted in 15 semifinalists. Rounds two and three were done by fans in an online vote. In November 2004, the Tulsa Zoo was declared the winner of the polls, and was awarded

219-513: A TYR mutation is responsible for the white lion leucistic variant, a normal TYR gene was found in both white tigers and snow leopards . Instead, in white tigers, a naturally-occurring point mutation in the SLC45A2 transport protein gene was found to underlie its pigmentation. The resultant single amino acid substitution introduces an alanine residue that protrudes into the transport protein's central passageway, apparently blocking it, and by

292-626: A feature called "variant skins", which means that when the player adopts an animal, it may look different from normal members of its species (such as a white tiger and King Cheetah ). The second expansion pack, Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure , was released on May 16, 2006. It adds various new African animals such as the bongo , secretarybird , ratel , and meerkat , and allows the player to drive through exhibits with African-themed Jeep tours to get closer to them. The expansion pack also includes new maps based on well-known African locations, as well as new desert-themed buildings, lizard live food, and

365-463: A group of orange tigers from outcrosses which were bought by a Pakistani senator and shipped to Pakistan. Rajiv, Pretoria Zoo's white tiger, who was born in the Cincinnati Zoo, was also outcrossed and sired at least two litters of orange cubs at Pretoria Zoo. Outcrossing is not necessarily done with the intent of producing more white cubs by resuming inbreeding further down the line. Outcrossing

438-469: A healthier strain of white tigers. The Indian government reportedly considered the offer; however, India had a moratorium on breeding white tigers after cubs were born at New Delhi Zoo with arched backs and clubbed feet, necessitating euthanasia . Siegfried & Roy have bred white tigers in collaboration with the Nashville Zoo . To better preserve genetic diversity and avoid genetic defects,

511-437: A large white tiger, died just short of his 20th birthday, an enviable age for a male of any subspecies, since most males live shorter captive lives. Premature deaths in other collections may be artifacts of captive environmental conditions...in 52 births we had four stillbirths, one of which was an unexplained loss. We lost two additional cubs from viral pneumonia, which is not excessive. Without data from non-inbred tiger lines, it

584-493: A mechanism yet to be determined, this prevents pheomelanin expression in the fur. Mutations in the same gene are known to result in 'cream' coloration in horses, and play a role in the paler skin of humans of European descent. This is a recessive trait , meaning that it is only seen in individuals that are homozygous for this mutation, and that while the progeny of white tigers will all be white, white tigers can be also bred from colored Bengal tiger pairs in which each possesses

657-529: A new set of challenges and campaigns. The Jeep vehicle tours originally included in Endangered Species are featured prominently in this expansion, with the addition of the new Jeep Liberty . The Dino Danger Pack was released as a premium download at the end of July 2006, meaning it could only be downloaded from the Zoo Tycoon website via credit card . It added four new extinct dinosaurs to

730-468: A recessive gene to become homozygous and produce the stripeless phenotype. About one fourth of Bhim and Sumita's offspring were stripeless. Their striped white offspring, which have been sold to zoos around the world, may also carry the gene for the stripeless trait. Because Tony's genome is present in many white tiger pedigrees, the gene may also be present in other captive white tigers. As a result, stripeless white tigers have appeared in zoos as far afield as

803-574: A single copy of the unique mutation. Inbreeding promotes recessive traits and has been used as a strategy to produce white tigers in captivity, but this has also resulted in a range of other genetic defects. The stripe color varies due to the influence and interaction of other genes. Another genetic characteristic makes the stripes of the tiger very pale; white tigers of this type are called snow-white or "pure white". White tigers, Siamese cats , and Himalayan rabbits have enzymes in their fur which react to temperature, causing them to grow darker in

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876-542: A third game. The game was canceled as the company shifted direction away from PC development and towards mobile and social games . Former Blue Fang Games designer Shawn Stone stated that he sees the influence of and many ideas from the scrapped Zoo Tycoon 3 in the franchise's spiritual successor Planet Zoo . Zoo Tycoon (2001 video game) Zoo Tycoon is a business simulation game developed by Blue Fang Games and released by Microsoft . Although first released for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh in 2001, it

949-601: A tiger he sold to Marwell Zoo in England developed white spots, and bred them accordingly. The Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa Bay had four of these white Amur tigers, descended from Robert Baudy's stock. It has also been possible to expand the white-gene pool by outcrossing white tigers with unrelated orange tigers and then using the cubs to produce more white tigers. The white tigers Ranjit, Bharat, Priya and Bhim were all outcrossed, in some instances to more than one tiger. Bharat

1022-594: A zoo building game, and quickly began research on animal care and behavior, sending artists, animators and developers to zoos in and around the Boston area, as well as flying a team out to the San Francisco Zoo . The team learned how zoos work in order to figure out where they were allowed to take creative liberties, citing that during the development for the Marine Mania expansion, the team gave dolphins

1095-455: Is a way of bringing fresh blood into the white strain. The New Delhi Zoo loaned out white tigers to some of India's better zoos for outcrossing, and the government had to impose a whip to force zoos to return either the white tigers or their orange offspring. Siegfried & Roy performed at least one outcross. In the mid-1980s they offered to work with the Indian government in the creation of

1168-459: Is assigned different objectives to complete, such as achieving a certain fame level, caring for rescued animals, or breeding endangered species. In Challenge mode, the player starts a zoo from scratch and is given random challenges which can be accepted or rejected. In both of these modes, players have limited money and start with limited access to animals and items, with more becoming available as zoo fame level increases. The last mode, Sandbox, allows

1241-492: Is difficult to determine whether this number is high or low with any degree of accuracy." Ed Maruska also addressed the issue of deformities: "Other than a case of hip dysplasia that occurred in a male white tiger, we have not encountered any other body deformities or any physiological or neurological disorders. Some of these reported maladies in mutant tigers in other collections may be a direct result of inbreeding or improper rearing management of tigers generally." Because of

1314-486: Is directly linked to reduced pigmentation in white tigers. An additional genetic condition can result in near-complete absence of stripes, making the tiger almost pure white. One such specimen was exhibited at Exeter Change in England in 1820, and described by Georges Cuvier as "A white variety of Tiger is sometimes seen, with the stripes very opaque, and not to be observed except in certain angles of light." Naturalist Richard Lydekker said that, "a white tiger, in which

1387-493: Is due to their inability to produce normal tyrosinase, a trait they share with albinos, according to zoo veterinarian David Taylor . He treated a pair of white tigers from the Cincinnati Zoo at Fritz Wurm's safari park in Stukenbrock, Germany, for salmonella poisoning, which reacted strangely to the anaesthesia. Mohini was checked for Chédiak–Higashi syndrome in 1960, but the results were inconclusive. This condition

1460-426: Is similar to albino mutations and causes bluish lightening of the fur color, crossed eyes, and prolonged bleeding after surgery. Also, in the event of an injury, the blood is slow to coagulate. This condition has been observed in domestic cats, but there has never been a case of a white tiger having Chédiak–Higashi syndrome. There has been a single case of a white tiger having central retinal degeneration , reported from

1533-629: The Association of Zoos and Aquariums barred member zoos from intentionally breeding to produce white tigers, white lions , or king cheetahs in a white paper adopted by the board of directors in July 2011. The paper explains that selecting for or against any particular allele would result in a loss of genetic diversity. Instead, the alleles should be maintained at their natural frequencies. Inbreeding to produce abnormal appearances can also produce congenital defects that impact health and welfare. Sometimes

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1606-476: The Czech Republic ( Liberec ), Spain and Mexico. Stage magicians Siegfried & Roy were the first to attempt to selectively breed for stripeless tigers; they owned snow-white Bengal tigers taken from Cincinnati Zoo (Tsumura, Mantra, Mirage and Akbar-Kabul) and Guadalajara , Mexico (Vishnu and Jahan), as well as a stripeless Siberian tiger called Apollo. In 2004, a blue-eyed, stripeless white tiger

1679-657: The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. During the 8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences awarded Zoo Tycoon 2 with " Computer Family Game of the Year ". The game also received a nomination for " Outstanding Character Performance - Female " for Linda Currie's work on

1752-482: The Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection; a ll of them were bundled in Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate Collection . White tiger The white tiger , or bleached tiger , is a leucistic morph of the tiger . It is reported in the wild from time to time in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh , Assam , West Bengal , Bihar , Odisha , in the Sunderbans region and especially in the former State of Rewa . It has

1825-826: The Bologna New Media Prize in 2002. Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection received the Parents' Choice Foundation Gold Award - 2003, the AIAS Computer Family Game of the Year Interactive Achievement Award - 2004 , the Scholastic Parent & Child Teacher's Pick – 2004, and the Children's Software Revue All Star Award – 2004. Zoo Tycoon was a commercial success. Within a year of release,

1898-605: The Milwaukee County Zoo, which could be related to reduced pigmentation in the eye. The white tiger in question was a male named Mota on loan from the Cincinnati Zoo. There is a myth that white tigers have an 80% infant mortality rate. However, the infant mortality rate for white tigers is no higher than it is for normal orange tigers bred in captivity. Cincinnati Zoo director Ed Maruska said: "We have not experienced premature death among our white tigers. Forty-two animals born in our collection are still alive. Mohan,

1971-532: The United Kingdom; and a "Gold" certification from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The Zoo Tycoon series, including the original Zoo Tycoon , surpassed 4 million copies in global sales by July 2004. Over 2 million copies of the series were sold in the United States alone by that date. Series sales in

2044-478: The United States alone, Zoo Tycoon sold 1.1 million units and earned $ 28.2 million by August 2006. It was among the country's 15 highest-selling computer games ever by July 2004, and Edge ranked it as the country's fifth-best-selling computer game released between January 2000 and August 2006. Zoo Tycoon also received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in

2117-556: The ability to create aquatic shows. Zoo Tycoon was received with mixed to positive reviews, gaining an average 68 out of 100 at Metacritic . GameZone gave the game a score of 8 out of 10. Eric Bratcher reviewed the PC version of the game for Next Generation , rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "A pleasant diversion, but it's about as deep as a puddle, and frustratingly finicky." Zoo Tycoon and its compiled Complete Collection garnered several awards and accolades, gaining

2190-510: The ability to do tricks that were not completely realistic because they thought it was more fun. The development team also carefully tried to strike a balance between teaching players about conservation and entertainment, citing the educational efforts put forth in real zoos. Zoo Tycoon received two expansion packs: Dinosaur Digs , which added prehistoric-themed items and animals including mythical creatures , and Marine Mania , which added aquatic-themed items and animals. Microsoft bundled

2263-481: The ability to make neither pheomelanin (red and yellow pigments) nor eumelanin (black and brown pigments), while a less severe mutation in the same gene in other mammals results in selective loss of pheomelanin, the so-called Chinchilla trait. The white phenotype in tigers had been attributed to such a Chinchilla mutation in tyrosinase, and in the past white tigers were sometimes referred to as 'partial albinos'. While whole genome sequencing determined that such

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2336-435: The animal's needs (habitat, hunger, thirst, stimulation, privacy, sleep, social, and exercise). Guests will visit the zoo to see the animals, and they also have needs that need to be fulfilled through scenery and buildings (hunger, thirst, bathroom, seating, and entertainment). Zoo Tycoon 2 features three gameplay modes: Campaign, Challenge, and Sandbox. In Campaign mode, the player plays through scenarios in existing zoos and

2409-706: The animals and prehistoric foliage have been introduced. As in the previous game, more extinct animals, foliage and better care for dinosaurs can be researched. Each dinosaur is adopted as an egg. The game introduces a new staff member, the scientist, to care for the egg and, once it hatches, the dinosaur itself. The second expansion pack, Marine Mania , was released on October 17, 2002. The expansion allows players to create and manage underwater exhibits or merge aquatic tanks with traditional land habitats. Interactive tutorials and virtual marine specialists are available to help players maintain animal happiness. In addition, 10 new scenarios were added. The expansion pack also provides

2482-602: The cold. In the Bristol Zoo, a white tiger named Mohini was whiter than her relatives, who showed more cream tones. This may have been because she spent less time outdoors in the winter. Kailash Sankhala observed that white tigers were always whiter in Rewa State , even when they were born in New Delhi and returned there. "In spite of living in a dusty courtyard, they were always snow white." A weakened immune system

2555-465: The country rose to 2.9 million units by August 2006. Zoo Tycoon 2 was released in November 2004. Although initially containing fewer animals than the original Zoo Tycoon , more animals were introduced in its expansion packs: Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species , Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure , Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania , and Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals . The first two were bundled in

2628-425: The expansion packs with Zoo Tycoon to create Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection , having the functionality of both expansion packs and bonus content. Released on May 19, 2002, Dinosaur Digs includes 20 new prehistoric animals to choose from including mammoths , saber-toothed cats , and varied dinosaurs as well as prehistoric-themed items and buildings. In addition, new types of electrical fences to accommodate

2701-470: The extreme rarity of the white tiger allele in the wild, the breeding pool was limited to the small number of white tigers in captivity. According to Kailash Sankhala, the last white tiger ever seen in the wild was shot in 1958. Today there is a large number of white tigers in captivity. A white Amur tiger may have been born at Center Hill and has given rise to a strain of white Amur tigers. A man named Robert Baudy realized that his tigers had white genes when

2774-470: The forelegs, club foot , kidney problems, arched or crooked backbone and twisted neck. Reduced fertility and miscarriages, noted by "tiger man" Kailash Sankhala in pure-Bengal white tigers, were attributed to inbreeding depression . A condition known as "star-gazing" (the head and neck are raised almost straight up, as if the affected animal is gazing at the stars), which is associated with inbreeding in big cats, has also been reported in white tigers. There

2847-407: The fossils, and can also create normal and "Super" extinct animals in an extinct research lab. The player can also stop rampaging dinosaurs by using the tranquilizer gun. Dinosaurs eating guests do not help with hunger levels. Ultimate Collection contains the original game plus all four official expansions and a new menu theme exclusive to it, similar to Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection . This title

2920-492: The fur was of a creamy tint, with the usual stripes faintly visible in certain parts, was exhibited at the old menagerie at Exeter Change about the year 1820." Hamilton Smith said, "A wholly white tiger, with the stripe-pattern visible only under reflected light, like the pattern of a white tabby cat, was exhibited in the Exeter Change Menagerie in 1820" and John George Wood stated that, "a creamy white, with

2993-410: The game progresses, more animals and items become playable. Additional animals and items may be researched, where money is invested to make them playable. Blue Fang Games originally considered making a simulation game where the player would manage an airport, before the idea was dismissed by CEO Hank Howie, citing that compared to places like theme parks, airports are not "fun". The team then pivoted to

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3066-410: The game rose above 1 million copies in sales. By October 2003, its global sales had surpassed 2.5 million copies, or 3 million when grouped with its expansion packs. The NPD Group declared it the eighth-best-selling computer game of 2002, and the 11th-best-selling of 2003. NPD proceeded to rank the game's Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection bundle 10th for 2004, 16th for 2005 and 12th for 2006. In

3139-520: The game. At the following year's awards ceremony , the expansion Endangered Species received a nomination for " Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering . A reboot of the franchise, simply titled Zoo Tycoon and developed by Frontier Developments , was released in 2013 for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles. An enhanced edition titled Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

3212-515: The game. The team worked to make changes without altering the core systems in place, in order to make updates and QA testing easier, and with lower risk. Publisher Microsoft Game Studios ran several promotions involving the game, including a competition allowing kids to "Become a Zoo Keeper for the day" in the UK, and a competition to find "America's Favorite Zoo" in the US, an online vote which would result in

3285-495: The game: Tyrannosaurus , Triceratops , Carnotaurus , and Styracosaurus , as well as new objects to be used for them and a new campaign scenario. Following the release of Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals , which includes more updated versions of all of the animals included in the pack as well as additional content, Dino Danger was removed from the Zoo Tycoon website and can no longer be downloaded there. However, other sites still offer this pack. The Zookeeper Collection

3358-431: The grant. On October 18, 2005, Microsoft released Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species , the first expansion pack for the game. The expansion adds many new rare and endangered animal species, including the koala , gray wolf , Komodo dragon , scimitar-horned oryx , American bison , and orangutan , as well as a number of new forms of transportation, including sky trams, jeep tours, and elevated paths. The expansion also has

3431-703: The guests and animals happy, exhibits should be suitable to the animal; for example, a lion is best suited to a savannah environment. Choices in terrain, foliage, rocks, shelters, fences, toys and the presence of zookeepers all contribute to the suitability of an exhibit and the happiness of the animal. Guest happiness is dependent on animal choice, animal happiness, buildings, and scenery. Buildings include bathrooms, restaurants and food stands, shops, reptile houses, aviaries, and entertainment buildings such as movie theaters. Scenery involves aesthetics that raise guest happiness slightly, such as topiary art, light posts, and benches. Keeping both animal and guest happiness high allows

3504-404: The marine animals, and four new aquatic biomes ( reef , coastal , pelagic , and benthic ), and new scenarios and challenges. Changes were made to the original method of biome layout, allowing the ability to toggle the visibility of rocks, flowers, and/or trees, as well as enhancing water effects and improving the way animals move through water in a 3D space, affecting the new animals included in

3577-400: The orange Bengal tiger. They also tend to be somewhat bigger at birth, and as fully grown adults. White Bengal tigers are fully grown when they are 2–3 years of age. White male tigers reach weights of 200 to 230 kilograms (440 to 510 lb) and can grow up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) in length. As with all tigers, the white Bengal tiger's stripes are like fingerprints, with no two tigers having

3650-473: The ordinary tigerine stripes so faintly marked that they were only visible in certain lights." Edwin Henry Landseer also drew this tigress in 1824. The modern strain of snow white tigers came from repeated brother–sister matings of Bhim and Sumita at Cincinnati Zoo . The gene involved may have come from a Siberian tiger , their part-Siberian ancestor Tony. Continued inbreeding appears to have caused

3723-519: The pack as well as various semi-aquatic animals from the base game such as Nile crocodiles and polar bears . New animals range from the giant whale sharks to the tiny rockhopper penguins . Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals was released on October 17, 2007. It is the latest expansion in the Zoo Tycoon series , with 34 adoptable animal species and one bonus species. The player can find fossils or get staff to find them. The player can then assemble

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3796-464: The player complete a series of objectives under restrictions. These objectives may include achieving a certain guest and animal happiness, achieving a certain exhibit suitability, displaying a certain number of animals, or breeding a certain animal. Freeform allows the player to choose the amount of money and the map with which they start. They are presented with an open lot and a limited selection of animals, buildings, and scenery available for purchase. As

3869-400: The player should be able to interact with the world while walking around. First-person movement and controls were based on first-person shooters , with developers citing Half-Life as an inspiration. The game was also designed to be more freeform than Zoo Tycoon was, with developer Shawn Stone citing that habitat building in the first game was a formulaic process that was improved upon in

3942-469: The player to create a zoo from scratch with unlimited money and access to all animals and items from the start. After the success of the original Zoo Tycoon , a sequel was planned. Marketing materials showed an emphasis on 3D visuals as well as first-person perspective and photo modes. The game's first-person Guest Mode was added due to many fan requests to get "closer" to the animals. The Photo Mode and Zookeeper Mode were refined after developers decided that

4015-444: The player to gain monetary awards and maintain a steady income. To help manage the expanding zoo, players can employ maintenance workers, zookeepers and tour guides. If the animals escape from their enclosures, they can attack and possibly kill guests and employees. Each of the animals have a predefined set of other species they can attack. If both species are placed in the same exhibit, the attacker will immediately run towards and attack

4088-463: The recessive allele is the result of a one-time mutation, or because white tigers lack adequate camouflage, reducing their ability to stalk prey or avoid other predators. A white tiger's pale coloration is due to the lack of the red and yellow pheomelanin pigments that normally produce the orange coloration. This had long been attributed to a mutation in the gene for the tyrosinase (TYR) enzyme. A knockout mutation in this gene results in albinism ,

4161-442: The release of Zoo Tycoon , and worked to make Zoo Tycoon 2 feel up to date with current information and messaging. Expansion packs were released for the game up to four years after its initial release, with designer Linda Currie citing the team working on three expansions simultaneously during development. Updated mechanics in each expansion required changes to be made to all animals, to ensure that each expansion pack would not break

4234-484: The right side. A male tiger named 'Cheytan', a son of Bhim and Sumita who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, died at the San Antonio Zoo in 1992, from anaesthesia complications during root canal therapy . It appears that white tigers also react strangely to anaesthesia. The best drug for immobilizing a tiger is CI 744, but a few tigers, white ones in particular, undergo a re-sedation effect 24–36 hours later. This

4307-851: The same pattern. The stripes of the tiger are a pigmentation of the skin; if an individual were to be shaved, its distinctive coat pattern would still be visible. For a white Bengal tiger to be born, both parents must carry the unusual gene for white colouring, which only happens naturally about once in 10,000 births. Dark-striped white individuals are well-documented in the Bengal tiger subspecies ( Panthera tigris ) as well as having been reported historically in several other subspecies. Currently, several hundred white tigers are in captivity worldwide, with about one hundred being found in India. Their unique colouring has made them popular in entertainment showcasing exotic animals, and at zoos. Their rarity could be because

4380-459: The sequel. Terrain deformation and the Biome Brush were implemented to give the player more specific control over animal habitats by creating unique and individual exhibits, while still keeping them simple enough so as not to alienate players that were not as interested in the details of building an exhibit. The development team noted the change in conservation messages portrayed by zoos after

4453-400: The typical black stripes of a tiger, but its coat is otherwise white or near-white, and it has blue eyes. The white Bengal tigers are distinctive due to the color of their fur. The white fur is caused by a lack of the pigment pheomelanin , which is found in Bengal tigers with orange color fur. When compared to Bengal tigers, the white Bengal tigers tend to grow faster and become heavier than

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4526-444: The victim, a cloud of dust will appear shortly, and the animal will get killed. This behavior is not limited to carnivores, as some large herbivores are also able to kill other animals. Baby animals, with an exception for some dinosaurs, will normally not attack other animals. There are three modes in Zoo Tycoon : Tutorial, Scenario, and Freeform. Tutorial teaches the player how to build exhibits and keep guests happy. Scenario mode has

4599-513: The wrong side of the brain, white tigers have a problem with spatial orientation, and bump into things until they learn to compensate. Some tigers compensate by crossing their eyes. When the neurons pass from the retina to the brain and reach the optic chiasma, some cross and some do not, so that visual images are projected to the wrong hemisphere of the brain. White tigers cannot see as well as normal tigers and suffer from photophobia , like albinos. Other genetic problems include shortened tendons of

4672-444: Was Mohini's daughter Rewati. Strabismus is directly linked to the white gene and is not a separate consequence of inbreeding. The orange litter-mates of white tigers are not prone to strabismus. Siamese cats and albinos of every species which have been studied all exhibit the same visual pathway abnormality found in white tigers. Siamese cats are also sometimes cross-eyed, as are some albino ferrets . The visual pathway abnormality

4745-561: Was a 200 kg (450 lb) male cross-eyed white tiger at the Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo in Hawaii , which was donated to the zoo by Las Vegas magician Dirk Arthur. There is a picture of a white tiger which appears to be cross-eyed on just one side in the book Siegfried and Roy: Mastering the Impossible . A white tiger, named Scarlett O'Hara, who was Tony's sister, was cross-eyed only on

4818-572: Was born in a wildlife refuge in Alicante , Spain. Its parents are normal orange Bengals. The cub was named "Artico" ("Arctic"). Outside of India, inbred white tigers have been prone to crossed eyes, a condition known as strabismus , due to incorrectly routed visual pathways in the brains of white tigers. When stressed or confused, all white tigers cross their eyes. Strabismus is associated with white tigers of mixed Bengal and Siberian ancestry. The only pure-Bengal white tiger reported to be cross-eyed

4891-437: Was bred to an unrelated orange tiger named Jack from the San Francisco Zoo and had an orange daughter named Kanchana. Bharat and Priya were also bred with an unrelated orange tiger from Knoxville Zoo , and Ranjit was bred to this tiger's sister, also from Knoxville Zoo. Bhim fathered several litters with an unrelated orange tigress named Kimanthi at the Cincinnati Zoo. The last descendants of Bristol Zoo 's white tigers were

4964-463: Was first documented in white tigers in the brain of a white tiger called Moni after he died, although his eyes were of normal alignment. The abnormality is that there is a disruption in the optic chiasm . The examination of Moni's brain suggested the disruption is less severe in white tigers than it is in Siamese cats. Because of the visual pathway abnormality, by which some optic nerves are routed to

5037-477: Was ported to the Nintendo DS in 2005. It was followed by two expansion packs , Dinosaur Digs and Marine Mania , which were released in 2002, as well as a sequel, Zoo Tycoon 2 , released in 2004. The goal of Zoo Tycoon is to create a thriving zoo by building exhibits to accommodate animals and keeping the guests and animals happy. Exhibit-building is one of the primary goals of Zoo Tycoon . To keep

5110-469: Was released in 2017 for the Xbox One and Windows 10 . Zoo Tycoon 2 was cited as a major influence, and Frontier Developments hoped the game would be a homage to the previous game, while enhancing the core experience. The entry was met with mixed reviews, with many citing the loss of customizability compared to the previous games. After the success of Zoo Tycoon 2 , preliminary design work was started on

5183-453: Was released on October 17, 2006. It includes the Endangered Species and African Adventure expansions as well as all animals and content from the base game. Released on October 17, 2006, Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania features 20 new aquatic animals, new marine options, marine shows, and several other new gaming features. The expansion also includes marine plants, the ability to build tanks, animal shows, mini-games to teach behaviors to some of

5256-501: Was released on September 30, 2008. Some users reported disk problems, whereby the third disk was the same as the second one. Microsoft sent free disk replacements at their support site. Microsoft subsequently licensed the game to Ubisoft , who re-released the Ultimate Collection in a variety of formats across multiple territories including a single disk DVD-ROM for Windows PCs. According to The NPD Group , Zoo Tycoon 2

5329-423: Was the 19th best-selling computer game of 2004. It rose to 13th place on NPD's annual computer game sales chart for 2005, a position it maintained for 2006. The game received generally positive reviews. IGN gave the game a score of 7.5/10, praising the game's lasting appeal while criticizing it for being too easy, while GameSpy noted the improved 3D graphics. Zoo Tycoon 2 received a "Silver" sales award from

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