Aardvark's Weird Zoology

With 60+ unique creatures, Aardvarks Weird Zoology is not your standard animal mod. Rather than add in a few mostly decorative animals that other mods have done, I wanted to reimagine what an animal mod could be. Each animal added in is a weird animal from our own world. And each one comes with it's own unique gameplay. From finding rare ores with cuttlefish, to pollinating plants with hoverflies, to building kudzu farms with serows, even just to stay warm with Markhors, there's a lot to explore and experiment with!

It's also well suited for a skyblock experience. While exploration is key, you don't need to spend hours searching for a rare biome just for one item. the DNA of ALL animals can be found by excavating fossils in the ground, and can be used to clone your own. On top of this, you can also explore the life of the past. There are a handful of extinct species in the mod that can only be found this way.

One unique aspect of Aardvark's Weird Zoology is the Joyizers. These machines allow you to turn nearby animal joy into a set resource, giving you a reason to build a zoo, and as you expand exhibits, you'll gain the amount of resources you make. Which animals' joy makes what resources, and what blocks will raise an animal's joy is all documented in the mod's JEI support!

There's also a full guide and documentation for everything in the mod! It's still a work in progress, but all core information is there! Again, each creature has at least one unique function and behaviors, and they all have unique animations!

Full list of every creature currently in the mod!:

Finally, this mod also has a config, allowing you to edit the chances of getting fossils, and also other features like, kaiju size, whether extinct animals spawn naturally, and much more!