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[JacenHanLovesLegos]

Is it normal for Giant Rats to successfully thieve from underground civs? Is it also normal that this message shows up even though I have not even found the civ?

[Savolainen5]

Yes, happens to me all the time.  Also "Giant Cave Alligator has given birth to hatchlings" is a common one for me.

[shmelse]

Is it normal for Giant Rats to successfully thieve from underground civs? Is it also normal that this message shows up even though I have not even found the civ?

Yep. Even though you haven't found them, you can see their stuff on the stocks menu [z]. They probably have weapons, often made of the wood of cave trees, and leather/food from cave animals. If you tab to see the individual items, you can even zoom your screen to the area of the caverns where they are, even though it's not discovered yet for you.

[rephikul]

my most feared messages are when female blowgunner or something gave birth to triplets and such. I fear that one day there'd be too many of them for me to handle.

[Pukako]

Yes.  Having more idea of the lifestyle and family occasions of the Blowgunner Clan two caverns down than of my own fortress was interesting, and I imagined the number of dwarves not working was related to then sitting down to watch the next episode of the sage, Dallas style...

Especially their tragic climax as they were slaughtered by an unknown FB.  It was like watching someone else play a separate game down there...

[Mantonio]

Yes, happens to me all the time.  Also "Giant Cave Alligator has given birth to hatchlings" is a common one for me.

How did you do that? I thought wild animals didn't give birth in 2010 yet?

[rephikul]

Yes, happens to me all the time.  Also "Giant Cave Alligator has given birth to hatchlings" is a common one for me.

How did you do that? I thought wild animals didn't give birth in 2010 yet?

animals with [PET] tags will produce offsprings even when wild, usually 6-9 months after migrating to your fort.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

my most feared messages are when female blowgunner or something gave birth to triplets and such. I fear that one day there'd be too many of them for me to handle.

I believe their kids are friendly to you.

[rephikul]

my most feared messages are when female blowgunner or something gave birth to triplets and such. I fear that one day there'd be too many of them for me to handle.

I believe their kids are friendly to you.

Your belief is going to be shattered as you read the next sentence: They dont.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

Huh. That's usefull information. My forts never live long enough to need it anyway.

[MijRai]

my most feared messages are when female blowgunner or something gave birth to triplets and such. I fear that one day there'd be too many of them for me to handle.

I believe their kids are friendly to you.

Your belief is going to be shattered as you read the next sentence: They dont.

Actually, they do. I've killed entire cave-swallow men families, except for the ones marked Friendly (Swallow-men breed quickly, I guess, seeing as I had 18 Friendly children and young adults with only 7 adult hostiles). Those ones are perfectly fine. They then grew up and kept living in the caverns, killing random things that encroached on their territory.

[Girlinhat]

You should weaponize them!  Cage trap them, put them above ground, and let them fight sieges!  Or let them fight FB with deadly deadly fumes.