Planet Zoo 2 Hawksbill Turtle — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Hawksbill Turtle is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Aquarium habitat, accepts the Estuarine / Mangrove / Open Sea / Reef biome, carries a Grade 2 · 1m barrier requirement and is listed at 0.80 m (nosetorump). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 26 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Hawksbill Turtle

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)0.80 m

Weight (M)—

BarrierGrade 2

EnclosureAquarium

BiomesEstuarine / Mangrove / Open Sea / Reef

StatusCritically Endangered

Where it lives in the wild
Africa · Asia · Atlantic Ocean · Australasia · Europe · Indian Ocean · North America · Pacific Ocean · South America

Hawksbill Turtle at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Hawksbill Turtle needs a Aquarium enclosure and accepts the Estuarine / Mangrove / Open Sea / Reef biomes. The barrier requirement is Grade 2 · 1m, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Hawksbill Turtle?

Hawksbill Turtle shares a biome and an enclosure type with 26 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

26 of the species that accept the Estuarine / Mangrove / Open Sea / Reef biome cannot share an enclosure with the Hawksbill Turtle, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Blackspotted Puffer	Reef	Aquarium	Blackspotted Puffer is solitary “Blackspotted puffers are solitary and territorial, only interacting with conspecifics during the breeding season.”
Blacktip Reef Shark	EstuarineMangroveReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Blue and Gold Fusilier Deluxe	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Bluespine Unicornfish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Clown Anemonefish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Clown Triggerfish	Reef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Dolphinfish	Open Sea	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Giant Grouper	EstuarineMangroveReef	Aquarium	Giant Grouper is solitary “Giant groupers are solitary fish, although they may form temporary aggregations during spawning.”
Golden Trevally	EstuarineReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Great Hammerhead Deluxe	Open SeaReef	Aquarium	Great Hammerhead is solitary “As opposed to some other species of hammerhead, the great hammerhead shark is a solitary animal.”
Humphead Wrasse	Open SeaReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips	EstuarineReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark	EstuarineMangroveOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Indo-Pacific Sergeant	Open SeaReef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Longfin Batfish Deluxe	Reef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Ocean Sunfish	Open Sea	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Ocellated Eagle Ray	EstuarineOpen SeaReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Pacific Bluefin Tuna	Open Sea	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Pacific Sardine	Open Sea	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Palette Surgeonfish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Red Lionfish	EstuarineReef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Sailfin Snapper	Reef	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Schooling Bannerfish	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Threespot Damselfish	MangroveReef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
West Indian Manatee	EstuarineLakes & RiversMangroveOpen SeaWetlands	Aquarium	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”
Yellow Tang	Reef	AquariumExhibit	Hawksbill Turtle is solitary “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

6 species share at least one biome with the Hawksbill Turtle but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

African Penguin, Diamondback Terrapin, Greater Flamingo, Komodo Dragon, Moon Jelly, Saltwater Crocodile

Behaviour, size and weight

Hawksbill Turtle is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Hawksbill Turtles are solitary and only interact with other individuals to mate.” On size the game lists 0.80 m (nosetorump) for the male and 0.80 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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