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[dwarfhoplite]

I think it would bring a lot realism and humor to the game if big carnivores would need continuous feeding to stay alive
This would mean carnivore wild animals such as wolves for instance would be aggressive and attack if there are dorfs in sight.
They would not only kill that dorf, but eat his corpse(or maybe leave a skeleton), too
This could be weaponized by throwing kittens and nobles in to lion pit, just to keep those big cats alive

Currently wild animals are too "gentle". We need some real threat like those good ol' elephants

[antymattar]

RAAAAAAAAAAAANT! 

Its been suggested before and its in the devs. I like the idea though. I think it would make more sense if they would hunt other wild animals instead of dwarves since dwarves are intelligent have beards.

[peskyninja]

someone correct me if i'm wrong,but this used to happen in the past versions, doesn't it?

[antymattar]

Umm... I dont think so.

[peskyninja]

damm, I was thinking about creatures sneaking in past versions, I'm embarassed 

[Neonivek]

Currently even Herbivours don't need to eat to live. (Grazers do, but they are the only ones)

[Putnam]

This isn't so much a suggestion as a bug fix, and one that is planned at that.

[sockless]

All in due time young padawan.

It's not a bug fix, it's a lack of a feature.

[Neonivek]

All in due time young padawan.

It's not a bug fix, it's a lack of a feature.

Yeah but it isn't a feature the game won't have, it is a feature put on pause (mostly because there is no way for nature to handle itself in game)

[peskyninja]

Young padawan, remember features bugs are.

[Nerfer2]

Maybe large beasts could devour creatures whole, imagine a forgotten beast picking up your adamantine clad axelord and just eating him alive. Probably making it more urgent to kill the thing so you can butcher it to get the partially dissolved skeleton of your dwarf and give him a proper burial, and also to get your adamantine back.

[Zoomulator]

Maybe large beasts could devour creatures whole, imagine a forgotten beast picking up your adamantine clad axelord and just eating him alive. Probably making it more urgent to kill the thing so you can butcher it to get the partially dissolved skeleton of your dwarf and give him a proper burial, and also to get your adamantine back.

...eaten whole and then cuts it up from INSIDE! Who says he'd be dead when he gets in there?

[dwarfhoplite]

anyways i like the idea of hungry lions waiting for some gobbo snack

[knutor]

Something dreaded lingers on the fringe.
A foul smell rides with the wind.
Howling keeps the livestock awake.
The Butcher has gone missing.
Glowing eyes can be seen in the bushes.

I second the OP's request, it'd be a nice feature to see more intelligent blips, stalking, ambushing, threatening, and stealing kills.  Sorta like the first episode of Star Wars when they traveled down thru the Gungan sea, and bigger prey fish, kept coming out of the darkness to munch on what ever was chasing Obi and Ani's submarine wessel.

Sincerely,
Knutor

[Deimos56]

I would definitely like to see more things eating each other in the game, but for the sake of preventing potential dissatisfaction among other players, perhaps an init file option to turn off carnivorous creatures would be in order? Something to the effect of -

[STARVE_THE_KITTENS:NO]
If set to yes, prevents non-civ, non-grazer creatures from eating. Default is no.

Or something.
While he's at it, considering the traditional feature creep, maybe we'll get support for carnivorous plants? I think a Venus Dwarf Trap would liven up evil areas significantly.