DF2014:Giant capybara

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Giant capybara

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Urist likes giant capybaras for their graceful swimming.
Biome
Any Wetland
Variations
Capybara - Capybara man - Giant capybara
Attributes
Alignment:	Savage
· Amphibious · Exotic mount
Tamed Attributes
Pet value	500
· Grazer · Exotic pet · Breeding
Not hunting/war trainable
Size
Birth:	52,335 cm3
Mid:	261,675 cm3
Max:	523,350 cm3
Age
Adult at:	1
Max age:	10-12
Butchering returns (Value multiplier x2)
Food items
Meat	19-31
Fat	15-25
Brain	1
Intestines	1-2
Liver	1
Kidneys	2
Tripe	1
Sweetbread	1
Eyes	2
Spleen	1
Raw materials
Bones	21-31
Skull	1
Teeth	4
Skin	Raw hide

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A huge rodent that walks on tall legs. Its bark can be heard at large distances. It is fond of swimming.

Giant capybaras are roughly ten times larger than a standard capybara, about the size of a full-grown moose. Unlike most other amphibious creatures, giant capybaras are grazers; when tamed, they require a pasture for food.

Giant capybaras attack when attacked and can be very dangerous: they have been known to drag their quarry into the water and drown them. They may also appear as mounts during a siege, easily crossing water-filled moats and potentially sneaking into your fortress via wells or irrigation systems.

Giant capybaras are especially dangerous around unarmed dwarves - they can kill a dwarf with a single blow to the head, rip off limbs until they bleed to death, or even damage multiple internal organs until the dwarf dies. Even worse, they have an ability to resist attacks (similar to the bronze colossus) – their heads are extremely durable (more than those of dwarves), and they can usually manage to break a dwarf's grip on their throat, even when barely conscious. In the arena, giant capybaras are capable of resisting over 50 dwarves in groups of 1 to 3 without any additional assistance (as in defeating dwarves single-handedly, without being controlled). They do suffer minor injuries (bruises, minor scars) and occasionally lose consciousness, but are extremely good at survival.

As with most dangerous wild animals, players attempting to train these creatures in a fortress should use an experienced animal trainer. While dragons are arguably more dangerous, giant capybaras rampaging through a fortress are generally not desirable (along with most other giant creatures).

Some dwarves appreciate giant capybaras for their graceful swimming, resonant barking, and beyond enormous rodentness.

Note that the name of these creatures in the raws is CAPYBARA, GIANT - most other similar creatures would use GIANT_CAPYBARA.

See also

Capybara

Raws

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Creatures
Races	Dwarf • Elf • Goblin • Human • Kobold
	Amphibian man • Antman • Bat man • Cave fish man • Cave swallow man • Olm man • Reptile man • Rodent man • Serpent man
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	Desert tortoise (man, giant) • Gila monster (man, giant) • Leopard gecko (man, giant)
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	Chinchilla (man, giant) • Dark gnome • Hoary marmot (man, giant) • Mountain gnome • Mountain goat (man, giant) • Wolverine (man, giant)
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	Amethyst man • Blind cave bear • Blind cave ogre • Blood man • Bugbat • Cave blob • Cave crocodile • Cave dragon • Cave floater • Creeping eye • Crundle • Draltha • Drunian • Elk bird • Fire imp • Fire man • Flesh ball • Floating guts • Gabbro man • Giant bat • Giant cave spider • Giant cave swallow • Giant earthworm • Giant mole • Giant olm • Giant rat • Giant cave toad • Gorlak • Green devourer • Helmet snake • Hungry head • Iron man • Jabberer • Large rat • Magma crab • Magma man • Manera • Molemarian • Mud man • Naked mole dog • Plump helmet man • Pond grabber • Reacher • Rutherer • Troglodyte • Voracious cave crawler
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	Beak dog • Blizzard man • Foul blendec • Gremlin • Grimeling • Harpy • Ice wolf • Merperson • Nightwing • Ogre • Sasquatch • Satyr • Sea monster • Sea serpent • Strangler • Troll • Unicorn • Yeti
Night creatures	Bogeyman • Experiment • Ghost • Infected ghoul • Intelligent undead • Mummy • Necromancer • Night troll • Nightmare • Undead • Vampire • Werebeast
Semi-Megabeasts	Cyclops • Ettin • Giant • Minotaur
Megabeasts	Bronze colossus • Dragon • Forgotten beast • Hydra • Roc • Titan
Hidden Fun Stuff	Angel • Demon
Nonexistent	Centaur • Chimera • Griffon