Animals in Planet Zoo can move around their environment in a number of ways, these include:
- Walking
- Jumping
- Wading (shallow water)
- Surface swimming (commences when too deep for wading)
- Wading (submerged)
- Climbing
The species of animal will dictate which of these locomotion types are possible.
For instance primates cannot swim, elephants cannot jump, hippos can wade submerged but don't swim, and so on. For an animal to be able to traverse an area it must be able to fit through it.
In the case of land traversal, the steepness of the slope can become too great for an animal to walk up it and it may become untraversable. This varies from animal to animal. When possible, climbing occurs on surfaces that are too steep to walk upon.
Climbing animals need to be able to grip the surface to be able to climb, which restricts their climbing to soft surfaces such as wood, surfaces with grips or handholds or hard surfaces that they can grasp fully such as a pole.
Enabling Heatmaps will allow you to see the traversable area within habitats.