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Alligator

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Alligator
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Urist likes alligators for their strength.
Biome

Variations

Alligator - Alligator man - Giant alligator

Attributes

· Amphibious · Exotic mount

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 650

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 60 cm3
Mid: 200,000 cm3
Max: 400,000 cm3
Food products
Eggs 10-30
Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 60-100
Butchering returns

(Value multiplier ×3)

Food items

Meat 18-22
Fat 17
Brain 1
Gizzard 1
Heart 1
Lungs 2
Intestines 1
Liver 1
Kidneys 2
Tripe 1
Sweetbread 1
Eyes 2
Spleen 1

Raw materials

Bones 21
Skull 1
Skin Scales
Gizzard stone 1

Wikipedia article

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A huge reptile, found in rivers and marshlands. It is an ambush predator, solitary and territorial.

Alligators are intimidating beasts found in and around temperate and tropical fresh water rivers and lakes. They are not tremendously aggressive animals, but will attack dwarves who venture foolishly close. They appear in clusters of 1-3, and, surprisingly, are not any faster in the water than an average land-based creature that can swim is - say, a dwarf.

With an egg yield of 10-30 per clutch, a large size (and thus high butchering returns), a derived product value three times that of a much more boring domestic animal, and a high pet value, alligators are one of the best egg producing creatures a fortress could have. As an added bonus, a trained group of gators serves as a credible threat to invaders. As an exotic mount, sieges may occasionally arrive on the map riding tame alligators, giving their riders a significant combat advantage, as well as the ability to cross or swim through large bodies of water (although this occasionally, and hilariously, has lethal results for their air-breathing riders).

Some dwarves like alligators for their strength.

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Rumor has it that the humans tan alligator scales into leather, which is then used to make high boots. Their merchants vociferously deny this, claiming that only elves would try such a thing.


Admired for its strength.

See also[edit]

Races
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Birds
Albatross (man · giant) · Barn owl (man · giant) · Blue jay (man · giant) · Bushtit (man · giant) · Cardinal (man · giant) · Cassowary (man · giant) · Cockatiel (man · giant) · Crow (man · giant) · Eagle (man · giant) · Emu (man · giant) · Grackle (man · giant) · Great horned owl (man · giant) · Grey parrot (man · giant) · Hornbill (man · giant) · Kakapo (man · giant) · Kea (man · giant) · Kestrel (man · giant) · Kiwi (man · giant) · Loon (man · giant) · Lorikeet (man · giant) · Magpie (man · giant) · Masked lovebird (man · giant) · Oriole (man · giant) · Osprey (man · giant) · Ostrich (man · giant) · Parakeet (man · giant) · Peach-faced lovebird (man · giant) · Penguin (little · emperor · man · giant) · Peregrine falcon (man · giant) · Puffin (man · giant) · Raven (man · giant) · Red-winged blackbird (man · giant) · Snowy owl (man · giant) · Sparrow (man · giant) · Swan (man · giant) · White stork (man · giant) · Wren (man · giant)
Bugs
Bark scorpion (man · giant) · Beetle (man · giant) · Brown recluse spider (man · giant) · Damselfly (man · giant) · Dragonfly (man · giant) · Firefly (man · giant) · Fly (man · giant) · Grasshopper (man · giant) · Jumping spider (man · giant) · Louse (man · giant) · Mantis (man · giant) · Monarch butterfly (man · giant) · Moon snail (man · giant) · Mosquito (man · giant) · Moth (man · giant) · Roach (man · giant) · Slug (man · giant) · Snail (man · giant) · Thrips (man · giant) · Tick (man · giant)
Desert
Domestic
Alpaca · Blue peafowl · Cat · Cavy · Chicken · Cow · Dog · Donkey · Duck · Goat · Goose · Guineafowl · Horse · Llama · Mule · Pig · Rabbit · Reindeer · Sheep · Turkey · Water buffalo · Yak
Mountain
Ocean
Angelshark · Basking shark · Blacktip reef shark · Blue shark · Bluefin tuna · Bluefish · Bull shark · Cod · Coelacanth · Common skate · Conger eel · Crab (man · giant) · Cuttlefish (man · giant) · Elephant seal (man · giant) · Frill shark · Giant grouper · Great barracuda · Great white shark · Halibut · Hammerhead shark · Harp seal (man · giant) · Horseshoe crab (man · giant) · Leopard seal (man · giant) · Longfin mako shark · Manta ray · Marlin · Milkfish · Narwhal (man · giant) · Nautilus (man · giant) · Nurse shark · Ocean sunfish · Octopus (man · giant) · Opah · Orca (man · giant) · Sea lamprey · Shortfin mako shark · Sperm whale (man · giant) · Spiny dogfish · Sponge (man · giant) · Spotted wobbegong · Squid (man · giant) · Stingray · Sturgeon · Swordfish · Tiger shark · Walrus (man · giant) · Whale shark · Whitetip reef shark
River/Lake
Axolotl (man · giant) · Beaver (man · giant) · Carp · Hippo (man · giant) · Leech (man · giant) · Longnose gar · Mink (man · giant) · Otter (river · sea · man · giant) · Pike · Platypus (man · giant) · Pond turtle (man · giant) · Snapping turtle (common · alligator · man · giant) · Tigerfish
Temperate
Adder (man · giant) · Alligator (man · giant) · Badger (man · giant) · Black bear (man · giant) · Bobcat (man · giant) · Buzzard (man · giant) · Capybara (man · giant) · Coati (man · giant) · Copperhead snake (man · giant) · Cougar (man · giant) · Coyote (man · giant) · Deer (man · giant) · Dingo (man · giant) · Echidna (man · giant) · Fox (man · giant) · Gray langur (man · giant) · Green tree frog (man · giant) · Grizzly bear (man · giant) · Groundhog (man · giant) · Hare (man · giant) · Ibex (man · giant) · Kangaroo (man · giant) · Kingsnake (man · giant) · Koala (man · giant) · Moose (man · giant) · Opossum (man · giant) · Panda (man · giant) · Porcupine (man · giant) · Raccoon (man · giant) · Rattlesnake (man · giant) · Red panda (man · giant) · Rhesus macaque (man · giant) · Skunk (man · giant) · Weasel (man · giant) · Wild boar (man · giant) · Wolf (man · giant) · Wombat (man · giant)
Tropical
Aardvark (man · giant) · Anaconda (man · giant) · Armadillo (man · giant) · Aye-aye (man · giant) · Bilou · Black mamba (man · giant) · Black-crested gibbon · Black-handed gibbon · Bonobo · Bushmaster (man · giant) · Capuchin (man · giant) · Cheetah (man · giant) · Chimpanzee · Elephant (man · giant) · Gazelle (man · giant) · Giant desert scorpion · Giant tortoise (man · giant) · Giraffe (man · giant) · Gorilla · Gray gibbon · Honey badger (man · giant)• Hyena (man · giant) · Impala (man · giant) · Jackal (man · giant) · Jaguar (man · giant) · King cobra (man · giant) · Leopard (man · giant) · Lion (man · giant) · Lion tamarin (man · giant) · Mandrill (man · giant) · Mongoose (man · giant) · Monitor lizard (man · giant) · Ocelot (man · giant) · One-humped camel (man · giant) · Orangutan · Pangolin (man · giant) · Pileated gibbon · Python (man · giant) · Rhinoceros (man · giant) · Saltwater crocodile (man · giant) · Siamang · Silvery gibbon · Sloth (man · giant) · Sloth bear (man · giant) · Spider monkey (man · giant) · Tapir (man · giant) · Tiger (man · giant) · Two-humped camel (man · giant) · Vulture (man · giant) · Warthog (man · giant) · White-browed gibbon · White-handed gibbon
Tundra
Elk (man · giant) · Lynx (man · giant) · Muskox (man · giant) · Polar bear (man · giant) · Stoat (man · giant)
Subterranean
Mammals
Chipmunk (man · giant) · Flying squirrel (man · giant) · Gray squirrel (man · giant) · Hamster (man · giant) · Hedgehog (man · giant) · Rat (man) · Red squirrel (man · giant)
Reptiles
Anole (man · giant) · Chameleon (man · giant) · Iguana (man · giant) · Lizard (man · giant) · Skink (man · giant)
Miscellaneous
Toad (man · giant) · Wagon · Worm (man · giant)
Fantasy
Night creatures
Semi-megabeasts
Megabeasts
Hidden Fun Stuff
Nonexistent