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Jonesman64

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What do I do with caged animals?
« on: March 25, 2010, 07:03:17 pm »
I had some cage traps set up by my back door... and a few monkeys got trapped. What do I do with the poo flingers? (well... apart from chucking them into the near by magma pipe)
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Re: What do I do with caged animals?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2010, 09:26:22 pm »
Options:

- Tame them, butcher them for lovely meaty chunks and bone.

- Tame them, keep them around for the lulz.

- Tame them, toss them into a pit. Toss in goblins when bored. Watch goblin defend itself against monkeys.

- Tame them, set up a breeding program. When you have about a thousand, lock them in a room with many typewriter workshops. Check back later to acquire various works of literature.
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Jonesman64

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Re: What do I do with caged animals?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2010, 08:53:25 am »
hrm... How do I tame them? (dont really see an option to tame in the kennels menu...)
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Re: What do I do with caged animals?
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2010, 08:55:46 am »
It should be "Tame Large Animal", I think.  What kind of monkeys are they?

Otherwise build the cages in a zoo.
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Re: What do I do with caged animals?
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2010, 02:37:18 pm »
OOoooo it was tame LARGE animal... didn't think monkeys would be large >.> Thanks for the help guys! Now... to find some way to rid myself of some... unwanted migrants. Thinking military + station near river.
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Re: What do I do with caged animals?
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2010, 03:23:30 pm »
In Dwarf Fortress, a "small" creature is a vermin and a "large" creature is anything else.
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Re: What do I do with caged animals?
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2010, 06:49:37 pm »
Quote from: Jonesman64 on March 26, 2010, 02:37:18 pm
OOoooo it was tame LARGE animal... didn't think monkeys would be large >.> Thanks for the help guys! Now... to find some way to rid myself of some... unwanted migrants. Thinking military + station near river.
That works if you have large fish to deal with. Personally, I'd go with mass draft + masterwork obsidian swords - armor = very few survivors.
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