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Master Catfish

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Urist McMiner cancels Hunt for Small Creature: Dangerous terrain.
« on: December 24, 2010, 03:40:23 am »
I'm curious what's going on here.  Since context is probably important, I'll explain what was going on.  There was an aqueduct 'accident,' and the fortress was slowly filling up from the entrance.  Most of the inhabitants wound up in lower levels, and as the rooms filled up they started to get really hungry. 

I can only imagine that the dwarves were looking for small animals to eat.  Could this be a reasonable way to control pests?  Will dwarves actually sustain themselves this way?
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Re: Urist McMiner cancels Hunt for Small Creature: Dangerous terrain.
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2010, 05:25:04 am »
Hungry dwarves do, in desperation, eat critters when starving.

A single dwarf could sustain himself like this, but a whole fortress couldn't live off of it, not enough bugs. Even if you could, they would eventually tantrum from the MASSIVE BAD THOUGHTS created from eating small animals.
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Re: Urist McMiner cancels Hunt for Small Creature: Dangerous terrain.
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2010, 05:50:35 am »
assign some fisherdwarves,  its not like you have a water shortage.
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Re: Urist McMiner cancels Hunt for Small Creature: Dangerous terrain.
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2010, 07:29:32 am »
Quote from: malroth on December 24, 2010, 05:50:35 am
assign some fisherdwarves,  its not like you have a water shortage.

Urist McMiner: That's a lot of water. Are you sure we shoudl dig over there?
Soapalope: It's all good.

...5 minutes later...

Urist McMiner: Glubglubglub...
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Re: Urist McMiner cancels Hunt for Small Creature: Dangerous terrain.
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2010, 08:48:10 am »
It's a shame they don't yet resort to cannibalism.
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Re: Urist McMiner cancels Hunt for Small Creature: Dangerous terrain.
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2010, 03:00:35 pm »
Quote from: Mystery on December 24, 2010, 08:48:10 am
It's a shame they don't yet resort to cannibalism.

I heartily agree.

I think I might try to make a fortress somewhere in a desert where they are all desperate for food.  I'll see how long it can last! :D
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Re: Urist McMiner cancels Hunt for Small Creature: Dangerous terrain.
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2010, 05:40:01 pm »
Quote from: malroth on December 24, 2010, 05:50:35 am
assign some fisherdwarves,  its not like you have a water shortage.

That is one of the greatest replies I have ever read.
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