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About this mod
Created by Kangorilaphant in 2008; Coastal biome; custom mesh; should include fossils
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One of the last creations of the legendary ZT2 designer Kangorilaphant, released in 2008, the STELLER'S SEA COW uses the Coastal biome and requires Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania and Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals for it's Coastal biome and fossils. Bring it back today!
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Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea. It was discovered in the Bering Strait in 1741 by the naturalist Georg Steller, who was traveling with the explorer Vitus Bering. A small population lived in the arctic waters around Bering Island and nearby Copper Island. However, prior to the arrival of humans they lived all along the North Pacific coast. The population of sea cows was small in number and limited in range when Steller first described them. Steller said they were numerous and found in herds, but Stejneger estimated there were less than 1500 remaining and were in danger of extinction from overhunting by humans. They were wiped out quickly by the sailors, seal hunters, and fur traders that followed Bering's route past the islands to Alaska, who hunted them both for food and for their skins, which were used to make boats. They were also hunted for their valuable subcutaneous fat, which was not only used for food (usually as a butter substitute), but also for oil lamps because it did not give off any smoke or odor and could be kept for a long time in warm weather without spoiling. By 1768, less than 30 years after it had been discovered, Steller's Sea Cow was extinct.
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Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea. It was discovered in the Bering Strait in 1741 by the naturalist Georg Steller, who was traveling with the explorer Vitus Bering. A small population lived in the arctic waters around Bering Island and nearby Copper Island. However, prior to the arrival of humans they lived all along the North Pacific coast. The population of sea cows was small in number and limited in range when Steller first described them. Steller said they were numerous and found in herds, but Stejneger estimated there were less than 1500 remaining and were in danger of extinction from overhunting by humans. They were wiped out quickly by the sailors, seal hunters, and fur traders that followed Bering's route past the islands to Alaska, who hunted them both for food and for their skins, which were used to make boats. They were also hunted for their valuable subcutaneous fat, which was not only used for food (usually as a butter substitute), but also for oil lamps because it did not give off any smoke or odor and could be kept for a long time in warm weather without spoiling. By 1768, less than 30 years after it had been discovered, Steller's Sea Cow was extinct.