8-25 I'm afk

I'm taking a break from being a zoo player as well as a zoo blogger :P

There's a lot of going on in my life right now - but one day I'll be back - I promise!!

I usually can't stay away for too long, I assure you. (I've tried - lol)


*edited November 10, 2010*
I've started to play again - but have missed out on far too much to try to catch up with blogging about Zoo world. Work and school keep me far too busy - so I will have to leave it to all the many other cool sites out there - the most thorough so far :
Ally's Zoo World Help Blog

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8-19 new animals and new bugs, too!

By the 'more bugs' in the title - I wasn't referring to cute little creepy crawlies for our zoos. I mean the frustrating ones that make us want to throw our computer monitor at the wall and question why the heck we play this game! lol

I have several friends who are experiencing one or more of the following bugs :

  • islands completely disappearing
  • items gone - storage empty
  • can't place items on their islands
  • not receiving money when collecting 'rewards'
  • stuck at 10/10 on a mission, without the ability to move on
  • cannot load zoo through any application
  • only loading a white screen, when trying to enter zoo world
But, on a positive note - after a day and a half of waiting, I finally received the 'mission' animals that I assisted in rescuing. Of course, I only got one of each; despite helping save a dozen. I'll take what I can get, at this point.

I also read somewhere that ZooWorld is throwing a wrench in the missions, already. They're supposedly limiting the number of times you can ask for help, as well as limiting how many times we can help friends. They sure have a knack for making things bite. ;)

ok .. here's some fun news - there's new animals ! :)

There's 3 koi in the shops + a handful of new asian theme new decorations / kiosks.





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8-18 missions introduced - new animals !

Today, Zoo world introduced 'mission animals' to some zoos.

NOT ALL ZOOS WILL HAVE THE MISSION FEATURE, YET!


It's only being rolled out to randomly selected people; most likely to be the beta testers. If you've been selected to participate - you'll see this new heart icon near the breeding stork, in your zoo :


It works sort of like the humpback whales, in the manner that you have the option for you & friends to 'save' animals. You need 10 people to successfully complete a 'save.'

As with most things in zoo, you 'unlock' higher levels as you complete the lower levels. CLICK on the heart icon, to go to the missions page. You will see the first animal you have the option to 'save' is the teacup pig.



Once you have successfully saved one teacup pig - you'll unlock the full 'easy' level.Once you've saved 5 of those 'easy' animals - you will unlock 'medium' animals ... and so on and so forth.




TRY TO REMEMBER TO NOT "SKIP" or close the window when posting for help .. if you do - you'll have to wait 8 hours until the next time you can post !!







The first 10 people to click will receive a red mushroom as a prize for helping.



Once you've had 10 people click the link to save the animal - you are each supposed to receive one of the animals you saved. *there are bugs, right now - a lot of missing animals - zoo world is aware and 'working on it'*

Also, once you and friends have saved an animal - you can post a bonus for friends to collect, to celebrate!

It's not a tree .. it's not a topiary or sculpture .. it's money, baby! :)


You'll get as much money from these mission bonuses as you do when someone 'levels up' -- so make sure you have one of your favorites tabs set to Zoo World Bonus Checker and go get some cash !

also - I was away in real life for a few days and I missed blogging about a few new things .. oops!
so - here's a quick update of the things I missed !

  • Theaters were finally introduced and they're just as predictable as the last few buildables. (zzzzzzz) There's 5 pieces - collect 10 of each - voila! you get a big, bulky theater for your zoo. *claps hands, sarcastically*


  • There's also a bunch of new, silly little animals available in the shop for real money & wild life points. I don't know what ones are new and what ones are the same junk I've scrolled past a thousand times - so ... go have a look around! ;)

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8-9 Scout the Dog, to find treasures !

Zoo world has introduced a new staff member, to the zoos - his name is Scout the Dog.

As you can see, below - he costs $50,000 and the cute little guy comes with 200 free juice !




This feature is going to be for those of you who do NOT own a treasure hunter.

He uses 25 juice each time he 'seeks out' the treasure in a friend's zoo and to 'activate' him - you'll just click on his little icon below the 'juice' or to the left of the zoom arrow.





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8-7 treehouse $ now ONLY for friends, table spam fix + ANOTHER buildable

  • Who didn't HATE the repeated spam message you got when clicking every greenhouse, except the first ?
    "Uh-Oh ! You've already found the extra table"
    I KNOW I FOUND IT ! !! lol - this bug's been around since the introduction of greenhouses & they've FINALLY fixed it ! good job - zoo :)

  • We've all seen the many notes featuring 'rich greenhouses.' I even included a trimmed down version of one on my zoo links page. Well - it seems zoo world developers have put a halt to claiming any money from someone who isn't on your friend's list. :(
    NO MORE FREE TREE MONEY ! Booooo ! not a good job, Zoo ! lol :P

  • They're going to introduce another buildable, soon. yawwwnnn - more junk that doesn't belong in a zoo; this time, it's a theater. There's going to be five pieces .. we probably need 10 of each - just like all the others. I'm so bored of these buildables and I wonder why we can't get things that are appropriate for a zoo. (again .. Booooo ! not a good job, Zoo ! lol :P)


  • Also - you can now train your dolphin to do tricks - bringing the possible # of tricks in the zoo up to 42 !

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8-4 Three new animals + the circus is HERE!

Three new animals are available, to add to our zoos !

There's a new Blue Winged Grasshopper available on your friend's feed. There's also 2 new shop animals - the jaguarundi and the babirusa. I'm not sure what level those last 2 unlock - so I'll update here, once I do !
(plz let us know in comments, if you know what level - ty!)






The circus has now arrived in our zoos !!


When you go into your zoo, you will see a new 'circus tent' sitting by your entry gates.



Click on this and you'll get the prompt below to 'request visitors' to your circus.


Each friend that clicks the link to visit - will get a gift in return for helping.
There's frog sculptures as well as oak and pear trees up for grabs for those visiting their friends' circuses.

You can see on the left hand side of the notice, the prize that you will receive - once you get 10 visitors. I have a feeling it's going to be the circus pieces, previously mentioned.




A lot of the gifts will be considered a kiosk, so you will have to purchase kiosk managers for each one. Also, there's a bug right now, with the circus - but it's in OUR FAVOR ! ;)


Have 10 people visit your circus and you will receive your kiosk gift. Then - once you're back in your zoo, you'll see an option to collect money at the circus tent -->


This tent is on each and every island - so you get to collect the 'bonus' up to 10 times ! So, go click them all - but once you hit refresh or go to another zoo - the money bags are gone.




As you can see, according to Zoo information - this circus will only be here until August 20th! So, get out there and have some friends visit - so you both can get your prizes !!
I'll try to update this each day, with the new gift given for receiving enough visitors.




Day # 1 - horseback riding kiosk


Day # 2 - 'cute clown' decoration




There's also a new change - to breeding !! Just a slight one - but it's an improvement, I would say ! ;)

I've always thought that more of a reward should be received for reaching a breeding trophy level - than the regular old lion/giraffe topiary. Well, now we do! It's JUICE !!

When you or your friends reach the bronze/silver/gold/platinum/adamantium trophies for breeding a certain amount of any species - you will be able to offer / collect juice ! good job, Zoo ! (now remove the collect 200/day limit lol)





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8-3 upgradable keychain stands

we can now upgrade our keychain stands with our wrenches . Yay !

Enough with the buildables - give us some more stuff that makes us some money !





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8-3 the circus is coming .. soon!

As usual - zoo world lets us know that 'something is coming' but they are very vague and uninformative as to how the whole thing works. This is the announcement we got yesterday, in our zoos :


Now .. if that's not ambiguous - I don't know what is ! LoL ! Here's some of the things that we've seen for 'coming soon' in Zoo world. I can only assume that most of these will be included with the circus items. Now, if only we could figure out what the heck they mean by "post to your feed to get visitors"



There's also a couple more new animals in the shop - Ultra Rares, of course ;)





This cow jumpin' over the moon - will cost ya $1.99









this EXTREMELY TINY "frolicking hedgehog" - will cost ya $0.99.






and this vanishing cat is back in the shop for 3 more days - for $0.99.

ttyl, zoo pals ! :)

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7-29 where's the rest of my island !? gggrrrr !

I'd have to say I've been pretty lucky when it comes to bugs in Zoo World. I've heard nightmare stories about people's zoos going missing and even items/money/friends disappearing !

I always feel empathetic - but deep down I was a little, teeny, tiny bit like "pheww! glad that's not happening to me!" lol - sorry, if that's wrong - but I do a little!

I was so proud of this "NO TREASURE" sign that I made to try to let friends know I didn't want them to 'leave the treasure' whenever they visit my zoo. (it didn't work very well, btw)





Well - it's half gone now - as you can see below. Not only is half of my 'note' gone - but I can't see the 18 animals it left 'hungry' on my island !!! grrr !!




I'm unbelievably frustrated right now, with this situation. I've fed my animals their treats for a couple days and I may just leave my zoo unattended for that long. lol

sorry about the rant - just had to get it off my chest !

ok - some ZOO NEWS and less bitchin' ! lol

the Kudu and Daysure that were removed are now available in the shop, to buy ! yay - thanks zoo - that's awesome ! ;)

Also - there's a buncha LIMITED time items - including animals - seen below !
I'll see ya guys in a couple days!! :D




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7-28 new animals in the welcome basket ! :)

well isn't today fun !?! Not only did we find out about the new '7th day' gifts - but there's new animals inside the welcome baskets as well !!







I got a Guar - but there's more than one animal out, a funny looking fish - a Malayan Bony Tonguefish

(7/31 - I can confirm, NEITHER of these are able to breed.)




Thanks for letting me know about the existence of the fish - Maggie B ! :)

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7-28 new animals to replace the Kudu and Daysure

Ok, I realize the title may be a little misleading lol - sorry !! Zookeeper Matt at Zoo Forum said these guys are going to be the new animal prizes for the daily rewards.

Zoo is not going to take away the kudu/daysures that you already have - they'll just be giving out new animals as the prize for the 7th day, with the ones pictured below.


Concave HornBill .&. Crocodile Lizard


I find this change a little bit unfortunate, because not everyone was able to get one of each animal and they're already moving onto another animal. I guess it doesn't matter, really - because we can't breed the dang things. But, I like to have at least 2 of each lol .. it's a little OCD and also silly - because I think "who are they gonna play with, if I only have 1?" haha - anyway, they're moving on ;)

They've also been releasing, one day at a time - the new 'sharable' daily gifts. I'm hoping that they will repeat the same gifts, next week - because not everyone logs into their zoo, each day.

Anyway - these are the ones that I know for sure have come out, so far.




One last word of advice - if you COLLECT the juice, as you see your friends 'share' it on the feed - DON'T COLLECT until you have 100 juice saved up ! The reason being, if you claim juice before your juice regenerates to the full 100, it will still stop at 100. Essentially being absorbed by the regeneration. However, if you claim it after - you can climb and climb in your juice amount. :)

ttyl, guys n gals ! :)


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