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[Heron TSG]

While I like the idea of zombie whale hordes, I need more information about what would cause a migration.

[Rowanas]

If predators are in the area it might cause a migration, basically any risk of death or actual death. Zombie whales probably remember being hunted by whale sharks, so they decide to migrate

[Granite26]

If predators are in the area it might cause a migration, basically any risk of death or actual death. Zombie whales probably remember being hunted by whale sharks, so they decide to migrate

Do you know what a whale shark is?

[Vester]

I'm pretty sure there aren't any predatory sharks big enough to take on a whale.

[Granite26]

Killer Whales do...

Great Whites eat carcasses...  You'd almost have to be a pack hunter...

[Rowanas]

Bugger. not whale sharks, those are the harmless ones. I mean killer whales, that's the one. A pack of orcas could take on a blue whale, no problem.

Damn, ninja'd

[jamoecw]

well in real life whales follow their food around the world, and their food generally follow their food, which generally follow suitable living climates.  so in short as winter turns to summer and vice cersa tings would move to follow prey species moving based on the suggestion of migrating to warmer climes.  the predaters would just follow those if they are migratory, like whales.  then there's the whole spawning cycle as well, where some migratory animals have places they like to go for giving birth, and for finding mates, or establishing dominance.  generally if you have a member that is left behind it probably won't migrate that year, or it will wonder aimlessly, the migratory cycle is sorta a herd thing.

[Rowanas]

I'm not so sure. There are many migratory birds that live by themselves and almost never congregate in flocks. Some predatory birds migrate on their own to the habitats of prey, though that tends to be shorter distance...

[jamoecw]

what i meant for the cycle being a herd thing is that a herd will go to the spawning grounds or some such, even the members that aren't giving birth.  great whites have places they go and are solitary for the most part, they go to the spawning grounds only when they are going to give birth or sometimes by wondering aimlessly, they don't go there every year whether they need to give birth or not.

as for the left behind thing, when herd animals get left they tend not to do the whole cycle thing.  granted i am not much of a bird expert, i tend to know more about marine stuff.

[Heron TSG]

BAMP!

[de5me7]

Glaciers - advance and retreat with seasons, have a melt water stream in late spring - early autumn, have random outwashes (flash floods)

Distinction between upland and lowland vegetation: uplands; moors, bogs, pine woodlands, lowlands; meadows, decidous woods and forests pastures,

does temperature fall with altitude in df?

Ive never seen a volcanic eruption in df but i assume its just magma rapidly rising. In the real world this is just one of (roughly) three different types of eruption. Magma eruptions are the least violent. The other two types could be included, but this could be very very dangerous to both near by fortresses and the world as a whole.

Seasonal migrations of animals

Birds - ive never seen a crow or a finch in df

Kraken - when we get ships this could be fun

hideen vallues in mountain ranges - hard to reach but full of life, or death

[Sunday]

Megalodons might be implemented, and they probably ate whales.

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[Granite26]

The same way neandrathals rode triceratops?

Actually, the Wiki says they WERE cotemporal...  Scratch one snarky comment....

[Heron TSG]

Welcome back to THE GAME, folks!

[Heron TSG]

I do believe that de5me7 has the right idea! Post your ideas, folks!