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[DarthCloakedDwarf]

So, somehow, my dwarves got their hands on a whale corpse.

Then my butcher singlehandedly carries it all the way to the other end of the map to butcher it.

See title for question.

[smigenboger]

You lift with your knees, walk with the pressure in your arms and abs...

[smjjames]

Heh, Dwarves are like ants in that they are capable of carrying things many many times their weight.

Maybe it was a particularily light whale?

Would be hilarious to see a dwarf try and stuff an entire whale corpse into the butchers shop.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

That's exactly what he did, James. o.o

[NoctisVampire]

Since a whale and a mountain gnome occupies the same amount of space for now...nothing unusual with current DF quantum physic
but it might be fun to check the weight of that whale corpse(might be well into the fourth or even the fifth digit), and ponder about the strength of the dwarves we've got here...
Personally I'd love to see some multi-tiled creatures beside wagons in the future versions(no matter how unlikely that sounds)

[Ultimuh]

If you think that's strange, not long ago, at some fort I abandoned.
A racoon stole a battleaxe.
Why it stole that particulary item I do not understand.. even less how it should be able to carry it.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

There were five digits to the whale corpse's weight, and the first number was either 2 or 3.

Um, I think I have a problem here. If a dwarf gets 90% done with something, and another dwarf takes over, does the second dwarf start out at 0%? This could be bad, my dwarves are all too ADHD to finish butchering it.

[Urist Imiknorris]

That is strange. My dwarves regularly starve to death in the workshops.

[NoctisVampire]

Check the wike page for whale...
that thing will be enough to feed your entire fortress for a few year

Butchering returns 
Bones  109-157 
Meat  574-773 
Fat  107-236 
Eyes  2 
Lung  84-120 
Heart  21-30 
Intestines  127-180 
Liver  42-60 
Tripe  42-60 
Sweetbread  21-30 
Spleen  21-30 
Kidney  42-60 
Brain  42-60 
Nervous Tissue  Yes 
Skulls  1 
Skin  Yes 

EDIT: If your butcher manage to finish butchering it before it rots that is...

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

HOLY CARP. HOLY CARP.

Prepared whale heart [23]
Prepared whale lung [94]
Prepared whale EYE [2]
Prepared whale intestines [142]
Chopped whale liver [47]
Whale tripe [47]
Prepared whale kidney [46]
Prepared whale spleen [23]
Whale sweetbread [23]
Whale fat [160]
Prepared whale brain [47]
Whale meat [434]

Two meals out of the eyes alone. Holy carp.

AND THEY JUST CAUGHT ANOTHER WHALE!

[Urist Imiknorris]

Toady is apologizing to us for finite wildlife populations.

[NoctisVampire]

*wanders if he should embark adjacent to ocean too next time*
Does soap bars have their price modified by their raw material? If so I'm going to make a whale tallow soap plant out of this alongside with various +whale tripe roast+ and *whale bone earring* for exporting...

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

You know the weirdest part?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

My ocean is fresh water. And has whales in it. I have a freshwater ocean.

[NoctisVampire]

WE HAVE FRESHWATER!!!BY THE ARMOK IT'S AN OCEAN FULL OF THESE!!!
(Although there are freshwater regions of ocean in real world(like the outlets of various major rivers)...it's still rare...and in DF physics...I've never seen a freshwater ocean before...)
EDIT: a bit grammarical cleanup

[smigenboger]

I thought butchering was an instant action