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Common Meat Feed by Mochi

Meat Products

About 53% of our animals receive some amount of meat in their carefully planned out diets. This ranges from exclusively meat diets for hypercarnivores, to just a chicken wing every week for the omnivores.

Chinin Legs

Our larger animals get chinin legs, which can weigh up to ten kilograms each. These hefty herbivores originate from planet Cilvarth, where they are captive-bred. We get frequent shipments of whole chinins, which we chop up on site and send to each of our Sectors.

Chicken/Turkey Wings

Fed to our smaller animals, chicken and turkey wings can be harvested en masse. We import our chicken and turkey from planet Vivisi; these animals are identical to Earth chickens and turkeys, only with three times as many wings and therefore more food.

Moomoo Tails

We don't often disclose where these snacks come from, as moomoos are popular pets on planet Cilvarth. These animals have two tails and they taste great fried, so we give our carnivores moomoo tails as snacks. The rest of the bodies get used to; we do not approve of waste.

Leftovers

Pretty grim to see, what makes up about half of our meat products are leftovers. These are the parts of animal corpses that people don't use, and we get paid by several large corporations around the Yonderverse to take these scraps. It saves them time and gives us food, so it's a win-win.

 
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Plant Products

59% of the animal species in the A To Zoo consume some amount of plants in their diet. Plants are much easier to purchase for us, which helps since we have a lot of animals to buy food for.

Cacti

A weird number of animals in the Zoo digest plants in their natural environments. These hardy plants don't always contain sharp spines, but those that do serve as enrichment for some species that like to pluck them off. Others, like many camel species, eat cacti whole, spines and all.

Fruit

Fruits are a very diverse group of plants, many of our species exclusively feeding on them. We buy a wide, wide range of fruits from countless planets, buying from smaller, family-run companies to support people other than large corporations. Here at the A to Zoo, we believe in supporting local businesses.

Common Plant Feed by Mochi

Leaves

Animals that eat leaves are known as folivores, and we have many at the A to Zoo. Many folivores are large animals, so we purchase vast amounts of various leaves to supply complex diets. Some animals prefer a specific type of leaf, such as koalas from Earth that enjoy eating eucalyptus leaves.

Vegetables

Many people get confused between fruits and vegetables. Both contain vast amounts of vitamins and minerals, but they feed entirely different creatures. We ship in approximately three thousand different species of vegetables daily, which equates to seven trillion tonnes.
 
Common Fungi Feed by Mochi

Fungi Products

Button

Native to planet Earth, button mushrooms are easy to grow and taste delicious... to some animals. It is an acquired taste and texture, but many animals love button mushrooms and so we buy plenty to feed different species with.

Bowl

Bowl mushrooms are great for storing other foods. They also serve as enrichment, and many animals like to play with bowl mushrooms, tearing them apart to get at the food inside.

Table

These aren't as popular, but we like to fry them sometimes as nice treats for our animals.
 

Did You Know?

Our zoo is organised in sectors. Stand on the blue pads located across the A to Zoo, and you will be transported to the sector of your liking, where you will meet new and exciting critters.
 

Fish Products

Many animals exclusively eat fish. Fish are a diverse group of animals that we both use as food and keep in the zoo in enclosures.

Assorted Fish

Different fish species contain vastly different minerals, which means piscivores can't all eat the same fish. So we order a variety of fish species, separate them by Sector, and ship them out to each enclosure to be stored in large freezer vats.

Eel

Eel isn't eaten as much as regular fish but they serve as great enrichment. We like to play tug-of-war with the animals with our eels, but we always let them win because our zookeepers are nice.
Common Fish Feed by Mochi
 

First Pick

Due to our incredible reputation, we get first pick with every single supplier of our food. Since we get first pick, we buy only the freshest foods.
Zeilal by Mochi

Our food is shipped in from all over the Yonderverse. The main planets our food is shipped from are: Earth, Jupiter, Cilvarth, Theyam and Xubriea.

We spend approximately 50 million charms a day on food, which takes up around 2% of our daily profits.

Phosphorous Snake-Eel by Mochi

Comments

Author's Notes

Food provides fuel for the bodies, hence why this fits the prompt. :D


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Jul 3, 2023 01:18

But what about the carnivorous plants? Wait, are there any plants in the A to Zoo?   And I'm sure something eats mushrooms, we need to know where the mushrooms come from. are they grown in the A to Zoo compost heap/waste processing facility?

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Jul 3, 2023 08:21 by Mochi

There are some carnivorous plants in the A to Zoo, but they're not necessarily considered enclosures; they have carnivorous plant gardens you can walk about, where you can learn about lots of different species!   I have mushrooms on my list to write about too! :D

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Jul 3, 2023 03:30 by Dani

Perfect solution for this prompt! Loving the A to Zoo updates--keep doing awesome things Mochi!


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Jul 3, 2023 08:28 by Mochi

Thank youuu! <33

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Jul 3, 2023 06:27 by Catoblepon

OKay but what about fish? Insects? More plants? More meat? HOW DID YOU MAKE ME INTERESTED FOR AN ARTICLE TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL'S FOOD? You amazing bean

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Jul 3, 2023 08:29 by Mochi

They're all on my list to write about today! :D

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Jul 3, 2023 08:51 by Catoblepon

WOOOO!

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Jul 6, 2023 15:41 by Catoblepon

There's more food now! I love it! And the detail that animals play with the bowl fungi is cuuute

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Jul 3, 2023 08:21

You tricked me with that donate button! Let me throw my pulled pork at the animals T.T xD

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Jul 3, 2023 08:30 by Mochi

I'm sorryyyyyy, one day there will be stuff there and you will be able to "donate" to the animals! xD

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Jul 3, 2023 18:49 by Dr Emily Vair-Turnbull

Let me donaaaaaate. Let meeeeeee.   I love this article so much. And the eggy placeholder brought me lots of joy. :D

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Jul 6, 2023 09:25 by Mochi

Thank youuu! And thank you for the placeholder <3

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Jul 5, 2023 13:11 by Drake Ragon

I too was tricked by the donation button which does nothing! Otherwise, good to see, that someone else thought about food. In all my reads, I had it pop up only once or twice.   Enjoyed the lightheartedness of the article.

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Jul 6, 2023 09:26 by Mochi

Thank youuu! Food is always on my mind xD

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