#rio 2

[ Isolationism & Avians ]

I did see a post about this before but I’m not sure where to find it? Someone mentioned a theory about birds and their choosing to isolate themselves from other species? I know the creators of Zootopia mentioned a loooong time ago that birds and reptiles lived on other continents. But I’d like to see one of these places!

Now I’m don’t think that birds originally lived in Zootopia since I’m sure they would’ve mentioned them alongside the reptiles? At least the creators would’ve made another hint to birds aside from the post credit scene.

But anyways, maybe the birds heard what happened to the reptiles and became more distrusting? Sort of similar to Japan’s experience during the colonial period, but on a much tamer level of course.

Another thing I want to add before I move on: do mammals know much about birds compared to reptiles? I doubt it, but when it came to Zootopia 2, I just assumed people hardly knew anything about reptiles like they were an urban legend.

Since almost everything about Zootopia’s past was covered up, I was a little surprised the main cast even knew what a snake was. But I guess that doesn’t really make sense either? 😅

[ Feathery Friends! ]

Okay this is one of my favorite parts about seeing Z3 theories, but I really wanna know what kinds of bird species we’ll see! My primary interest would definitely be macaws, specifically scarlet macaws since they’re my favorite! (Plus Disney does own the Rio movies now, so it would be nice to see some kind of reference to that lol)

I also feel hummingbirds would be such a cute idea! Even if a hummingbird character doesn’t have the spotlight, it would still be nice to see. Maybe show an alternate ‘Little Rodentia’ but for tiny birds.

Vultures and Condors I feel get a bad rep sometimes, so having one be a good guy or just a sweet character like Gary would be cool! But I feel owls would also be a nice addition too, since there’s such a wide variety of them. I also heard about some of the theories for Z3 villains. And owls did pop up a lot for those.

Penguins would FOR SURE be a sight to see, and I have a feeling that they’d make an appearance given how popular they are. But it would be cool to see different types of biomes in a bird city too.

Additionally, some occupations for avians could include fast-paced jobs like delivery services or even sports announcers/athletes. Maybe jobs like safety and authority figures, or even weather management too could be seen in Z3.

But anywho those are just my thoughts! Feel free to let me know some of yours too if you’re interested. But I do wanna know— what kind of bird would you wanna see in Zootopia 3? 👀