Actually I'm pretty sure you would just end up with a bunch of dead dolphins with arms
I might put this in the quotes section for out of context humor, but for now,
it's raw analyzing time.I'm only five seconds into the raws, and what do I find?
[ENTITY:DOLPHIN]
[ALL_MAIN_POPS_CONTROLLABLE]
[CREATURE:DOLPHIN_MAN_BOTTLE_SCOR]
[TRANSLATION:HUMAN]
(Turns out that 'totally normal' human civ we were joking about at the beginning might actually be a pod of dolphin men)
So it turns out Bottlenosed Dolphin men are based almost completely off of Bottlenosed Dolphins, who do in fact have arms but no legs.
[CREATURE:DOLPHIN_MAN_BOTTLE_SCOR]
[COPY_TAGS_FROM:DOLPHIN_BOTTLE_SCOR]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ANIMAL_PERSON_LEGLESS]
[GO_TO_END]
[SELECT_CASTE:MALE]
[CASTE_NAME:bottlenose dolphin man:bottlenose dolphin men:bottlenose dolphin man]
[SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
[CASTE_NAME:bottlenose dolphin woman:bottlenose dolphin women:bottlenose dolphin woman]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:PUNCH_ATTACK]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:TAIL_ATTACK]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:TOOTH_BITE_ATTACK]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_WALK_CRAWL_GAITS:900:750:600:439:1900:2900] 20 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_SWIMMING_GAITS:900:528:352:176:1900:2900] 50 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[GO_TO_START]
[NAME:bottlenose dolphin man:bottlenose dolphin men:bottlenose dolphin man]
[DESCRIPTION:An aquatic person in the shape of a bottlenose dolphin with arms.]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:5:10]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:3:5]
[MAXAGE:30:40]
[CREATURE_TILE:'D']
[COLOR:0:0:1]
Bottlenosed Dolphins are in fact immobile on land and are completely aquatic, which as far as I know means that they will suffocate on land.
[CREATURE:DOLPHIN_BOTTLE_SCOR]
[DESCRIPTION:A medium sized ocean mammal. It is known to be playful.]
[NAME:bottlenose dolphin:bottlenose dolphins:bottlenose dolphin]
[CASTE_NAME:bottlenose dolphin:bottlenose dolphins:bottlenose dolphin]
[CHILD:5][GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:bottlenose dolphin calf:bottlenose dolphin calves]
[CREATURE_TILE:'D'][COLOR:0:0:1]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[CREATURE_CLASS:AQUATIC]
[CREATURE_CLASS:MAMMAL]
[CREATURE_CLASS:DOLPHIN]
[AQUATIC][UNDERSWIM][IMMOBILE_LAND]
[BENIGN][NATURAL]
[PETVALUE:750]
[BIOME:ANY_OCEAN]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:15:30]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:3:9]
[PREFSTRING:calls]
[PREFSTRING:intelligence]
[BODY:BASIC_2PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD_NECK:SIDE_FLIPPERS:TAIL:2EYES:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:MOUTH:GENERIC_TEETH:RIBCAGE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
[REMOVE_MATERIAL:HAIR]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
[REMOVE_TISSUE:HAIR]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_CATEGORY:HEART]
[PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER:SKIN:BY_CATEGORY:THROAT]
[TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RIBCAGE_POSITIONS]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[HAS_NERVES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:BLOOD_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID]
[CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
[GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE]
[PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:30000]
[BODY_SIZE:4:0:90000]
[BODY_SIZE:10:0:650000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[MAXAGE:40:50]
[ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH]
[ATTACK_SKILL:BITE]
[ATTACK_VERB:bite:bites]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:SLAP:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:TAIL]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:slap:slaps]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:4:4]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[NO_DRINK]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_SWIMMING_GAITS:900:528:352:176:1900:2900] 50 kph
[SWIMS_INNATE]
[CANNOT_JUMP]
[MUNDANE]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:GRAY:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]
Maybe we should have thought this through a little bit more. Why did this even come up?