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[rototom]

So long story short some elf child who was also a werecamel attacked my fort, killed some zombies, turned back to normal and left. However, the weird part is that somehow the werecamel status was gained by the zombified left lower arm of some dwarf who died forever ago. I got the message "Shem McDead's left lower arm has transformed into a werecamel" or something and I gave it little thought. It later turned back into a dwarf, and I noticed something weird: it had regrown it's body!
http://imgur.com/HbVEq
His main body is running around as a zombie too, so now I have two zombies of the same dwarf. All of his qualities (like facial stuff, hair colour) are the same.
I wonder, does this work for any body part? Could one raise a zombie clone army by weaponizing this? The possibilities are endless!
EDIT: this just happened, I thought it was funny:
http://imgur.com/tUPhy

[Loud Whispers]

>The thing

[HorridOwn4ge]

Cut him up in many pieces and enjoy your army of undead werecamels / undead dwarfs.

[DungeonJerk]

Oh I so hope I can replicate this. Zombie army of awesomeness!

[Hans Lemurson]

So long story short some elf child who was also a werecamel attacked my fort, killed some zombies, turned back to normal and left. However, the weird part is that somehow the werecamel status was gained by the zombified left lower arm of some dwarf who died forever ago. I got the message "Shem McDead's left lower arm has transformed into a werecamel" or something and I gave it little thought. It later turned back into a dwarf, and I noticed something weird: it had regrown it's body!
http://imgur.com/HbVEq
His main body is running around as a zombie too, so now I have two zombies of the same dwarf. All of his qualities (like facial stuff, hair colour) are the same.
I wonder, does this work for any body part? Could one raise a zombie clone army by weaponizing this? The possibilities are endless!
EDIT: this just happened, I thought it was funny:
http://imgur.com/tUPhy

This is an amazing discovery.  I think the question we all have to ask now, is what is the most efficient way to cut apart zombie-were-creatures in a way that will allow them to grow back.  Also it remains to be seen whether a regenerated body can in fact produce cuttings.

Did the main body regenerate as well?  But yes, zombie clone armies will be the way of the future.

[Kate Wissen]

I think cutting it up with a trap would work, seems to produce a ton of zombified parts. But you realize recutting up Shem McDead's left lower arm will eventually lead to things like Shem McDead's left lower arm's right hand. Could get interesting. I think certainly !!Science!! must progress here. Here's hoping that the were status is kept after death.

[FritzPL]

Dwarf Fortress: Where cutting a zombie into parts in order to clone it is getting weaponized.

[Naryar]

this is incredibly awesome, let's hope toady does NOT fix this bug.

[Di]

And then we could create an interaction which turns zombie back into dwarf effectively cloning said dwarf, hell yea 

[NinjaBoot]

So, what? 

Get a Zombie in a pen by itself, capture a werebeast, throw him in another pen and keep him fed/watered, then wait for him to change into a werebeast, hope he attacks and gives the weresyndrome to a zombie (or zombies).  Have said pens with serrated blades linked to levers for precision cuts, then slice and dice when the werebeast infects the zombie(s) (if you think he's disposable)?

With that down, more questions are posed:  Do Zombies retain their physical statistics from when they are alive (so as to selectively pick the strongest, most agile), if so, does the physical statistics transfer through the cloning procedure (the whole point is to clone an army of unbelievably strong, extremely agile zombies!)?  Also, is there only one clone made per body (ie, 1 clone for 1 person, not 50 clones for 1 person due to there being 50 different body parts severed)?