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FearfulJesuit

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Quick !!SCIENCE!! question
« on: May 17, 2011, 09:21:19 am »

How does the age of an animal affect its ability to die? I was wondering, if you drop a dog from a height, and a puppy from the same height, how does that change their injuries or probability of dying?
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Tharwen

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Re: Quick !!SCIENCE!! question
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 09:30:27 am »

You're about to be spammed with posts telling you to go and Science it up.

It's like an unspoken rule here:

You think of it, you !!Science!! it.
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Re: Quick !!SCIENCE!! question
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 02:05:47 pm »

I don't think age directly affects it. Size certainly effects ability to die in combat, and may also effect ability to die when falling from great heights. Only way to find out is to try it.
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Re: Quick !!SCIENCE!! question
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 02:11:11 pm »

I'm really just looking to kill lots of kittens for no reason.
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Re: Quick !!SCIENCE!! question
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 04:13:07 pm »

I'm really just looking to kill lots of kittens for no reason.
You need a reason?
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metime00

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Re: Quick !!SCIENCE!! question
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2011, 07:22:53 pm »

no, he doesn't

Age affects nothing outside the size-age relations in a creature's raw definition. A puppy is smaller than a regular aged dog, and the fall damage will be affected accordingly. A dog that's one year older than a different one would not be affected by the age unless the other was in a different size-age category. Creatures are perfectly fit even up until dying from old age.
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