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[Jazzfunk]

Sorry if this is a newbie question, which it probably is.
In my last fortress I became quite annoyed at a captured alligator that, after escaping from its cage while I was trying to transport it, went on a rampage through my fort.  Naturally I sent my fledgling military to fight it.  Naturally I forgot to replace their training axes with real ones.  So, after half an hour of ineffective alligator bludgeoning, I noticed that the description of the beast had changed and that it had acquired a name and seemingly had become stronger, even after suffering many broken bones and bruises. In the end my stupid dwarves never picked up the steel weapons I assigned them and the alligator became pretty much unkillable.

Is this "beast levelling" normal? Could this be a good way to train up beasts before you tame into war animals? Running around with a named, epic alligator as a war beast would be pretty cool, if it is possible at all.

EDIT: The alligator also managed to kill two of my dwarves and a war dog, if that makes any difference.

[Level_8_Mudcrab]

I don't think that they get any more powerful but once a creature kills something it becomes named.

[Richard]

animals gain a name when they kill a dwarf (or two?).  As for if they gain skills, I don't think they do

[Psieye]

If said animal gets lots of kills, it even gets a title to go along with that name. Just like dwarves.