Looking for Elephant Odyssey Fun?
Posted at 4:19 pm April 23, 2009 by Rick Schwartz
Can’t wait until May 23 for the grand opening? Want some Elephant Odyssey fun in your own home or office?
Hard to believe, but the Web team at the San Diego Zoo has outdone themselves yet again. Elephant Odyssey.com has an interactive map, videos, and information on the animals of the Pleistocene and the animals of today! Heck, there’s even a page where you can read up on the individual elephants that will live there.
Still not enough for you? Well, now there’s a fun computer game, too: Elephant Odyssey: The Game! It just launched this week and is already causing people to lose track of time (due to playing it and having fun) as they wander back in time through the Pleistocene epoch.
I have to admit, when I first started playing it I thought it looked rather basic in design. But then nearly an hour later (honestly, it only felt like 10 minutes), I couldn’t wait to see the next challenge and the next level.
I don’t want to give away too much, but I will offer you some things to remember while you play (these are things I found out the hard way). First, remember that your elephant needs to eat! At first I was too interested in the next animal encounter to pay attention to my “energy.” Bad idea, you have to eat to keep playing! Next hint: be careful of things that might fall on you or things that might fall away from under your feet. Also, saber-toothed cats are predators; they don’t use their mouth to talk to you like the other creatures, if you know what I mean. I could go on, but don’t want to give it all away.
Most important, this game falls into the age group “kids of all ages,” like most things at the Zoo. That means adults, too! There’s no doubt I’ll be playing this at home with the family. Might even have a little Elephant Odyssey: The Game throw-down-challenge to see who will reign supreme champion at the Elephant Odyssey Ambassador’s residence!
Rick Schwartz is the San Diego Zoo’s Elephant Odyssey Ambassador.
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April 26th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Hi~ I was wondering why the camera can be on the same thing day after day, if it is truly a live camera. All I’ve seen for several days is a log in the middle of open space. Also, why no up close shots and updates on the new baby elephant?
Moderator’s note: Elephant Cam is controlled by the elephant keepers, who have been extra busy these past few days. They promise to provide a calf update soon.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Everyone – To get up-to-date information about the elephants that were moved from the Wild Animal Park to the San Diego Zoo Elephant Odyssey Exhibit, just goggle nbcsandiego(dot)com, click on News, then search – san diego zoo elephant odyssey. There you will find three informative sites: – “Packing Their Trunks and Moving to New Digs”, “Elephant Move Could Be Quite the Exhibition” and “Pachyderms Pack Up”. The “Packing Their Trunks” article includes a short video showing the trucks transporting the three elephants (in separate containers). The video was shown on all our local channels on Saturday. The trip took four hours. The normal drive time is approximately one hour. They had to take it slow using back roads. The elephant convoy had a police escort for the safety of the elephants and the passing traffic.
I wish Devi, Tembo, and Sumithi good luck in their new spacious environment.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Oops sorry, the elephant’s names should read – the bull Ranchipur and females Cookie, Mary and Cha Cha. The three elephant’s mentioned in the above blog are moving within the San Dieg Zoo to the Elephant Odyssey Exhibit.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Why don’t you have Meet the elephant trainers?They are the ones that put their heart and soul in to keeping all the elephants happy and healthy they do-not get enough credit!!
June 4th, 2009 at 8:48 am
can i see a video
October 11th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
the elephant odyssey game is really fun and addicting but it won’t let us continue to level 3. after level 2 is beat, it says its going to continue as an asian elephant because the mammoth is now extinct. however, instead of opening up to a new level, it goes right back where the last level ended. just thought i’d let you guys know of the glitch in the interest of improving the play. i’m with firefox on an intel mac os 10.5.7. same thing happens on safari. great design of the game though – - the look is very creative!
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