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[S3Cs4uN 8]

So I have a question, How well do Cave Crocodiles go in a fight against goblins or Elves?

I am asking this because I have a breeding group of them and want to know if they can be used for things other than feeding my kobolds and powering my butchery and crafting industries.

( I also have a breeding group of Giant Cave Swallows)

[Madurjafro]

Why not try them out yourself?

for better results, put them in groups of 10.
If they do turn out to be a failure, then you can tell us.
You will be the Pioneer of Breeding animals for WAR.

[Lectorog]

Cave crocodiles are pretty good in fights. Have you ever had one invade your fortress? If so, you've probably seen a couple of deaths. This happened to me; it attacked my mason. It tore off an arm, then a leg, then an arm; he kicked it with his last leg once before that was ripped off also. However, a dog shook it around by the head for a while before an axe to the head killed it. Cave crocs should be great in number.

Make a bomb.

[S3Cs4uN 8]

will do the first hatchlings just hatched so now I have at least 40+ of the things this could be very FUN

oh but least I forget FOR SCIENCE!

[S3Cs4uN 8]

one quick question do animals mature in cages?

[Lectorog]

one quick question do animals mature in cages?

Yes.

[S3Cs4uN 8]

i just counted the hatchings 95 of them thos CC can sure pop em out

[S3Cs4uN 8]

well so far cave crocs have made short work of  5 badgers, 1 bear, a carp and a rampaging trader still waiting on a siege

[Agent_Irons]

one quick question do animals mature in cages?

Yes.

Time does pass for things in cages. Well. They age, but don't eat. So.

[Satarus]

Animals need to eat even in a cage.  Your grazers can still starve to death in cages.

[squeakyReaper]

Crocs aren't known for their grazing habits, though, so that's okay.

[S3Cs4uN 8]

was caught out by a ambush before i could get most of the cages set up. so im going to start a new fort to try again

Let the Cave Crocodile Military Application Program (or CCMAP) Begin!

[S3Cs4uN 8]

After noting how CC's are ampihbious I thought up using the pit drop into water dilled with bloodthirsty crocs trap.

looks somewhat like this
                                 ___________
   ################             ######
                                 #             #
                                 #             #
                                 #             #
                                 #             #
  ################              #
                                                #
 ##########\------------------#
 ########################

Is there a need to make the water any deeper or would that partially break the fall of any gobbo's or elves?

# = Wall
- = Water
_ = Bridge
\ = Ramp

[Sugata-senpai]

After noting how CC's are ampihbious I thought up using the pit drop into water dilled with bloodthirsty crocs trap.

looks somewhat like this
                                 ___________
   ################             ######
                                 #             #
                                 #             #
                                 #             #
                                 #             #
  ################              #
                                                #
 ##########\------------------#
 ########################

Is there a need to make the water any deeper or would that partially break the fall of any gobbo's or elves?

# = Wall
- = Water
_ = Bridge
\ = Ramp

That design looks like it could cause quite a bit of fun for those gobbo's.


Also, AFAIK falling creatures go through water like it's air, and as such will hit the bottom of any body of water they fall in.

So yes, you should make the water deeper.

[Wayward Device]

Even better, build a water tower (say a 10x10x10 tower with a pumpstack and hatch at the bottom) and use that as your Croc Deployment Mechanism. Can anyone say, in all honesty, that they don't like the idea of a siege being hit by a tidal wave full of angry war cave crocodiles?