Editing DF2014:Giant animal

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[[File:giant_animal_preview.png|thumb|220px|right|Should've played dead.]]'''Giant animals''' are variants of normal [[creature|animals]], characterized by simply being much larger, and appearing in [[savage]] biomes. Giant animals are based on all kinds of animals, ranging from [[giant thrips|the smallest of vermin]], to [[giant sperm whale|the largest of beasts]]; from [[giant hare|peaceful grazers]], to [[giant lion|ferocious predators]]. The main exception to this are the [[domestic animal]]s - there is no giant [[turkey]]. Creatures with no basis in reality are also exempt from becoming giant animals.

Both the largest creature in the game, the [[giant sperm whale]], and the largest land creature, the [[giant elephant]], are giant animals. Other giant animals, such as the [[giant orca]], [[giant rhinoceros]], [[giant elephant seal]] and [[giant walrus]], are still larger than the fort-threatening monsters that are [[megabeast]]s, [[titan]]s and [[forgotten beast]]s.

The rule in ''Dwarf Fortress'' is that a giant creature should be at least as large as a black bear, even if it's a giant version of a small insect. As the real-world creatures approach black bear size, and then beyond, a curve is applied, so that the largest ones are only roughly twice as large in every dimension as their counterpart. Giant whales are very, very large, but they are just eight times as massive as a normal whale, rather than the kind of scaling you see when you go from a spider to a giant spider.

Three giant animals are called ”gigantic” instead of ”giant” to avoid confusion with real-life creatures. They are the [[gigantic panda]], [[gigantic squid]] and [[gigantic tortoise]]. The [[giant tortoise]] and [[giant grouper]] are not technically giant animals, despite having "giant" in their names.

==List of giant animals==
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|| {{Tile|A|7:0}} [[Giant aardvark]] 
|| {{Tile|A|2:1}} [[Giant adder]]
|| {{Tile|A|7:1}} [[Giant albatross]] 
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|| {{Tile|A|2:0}} [[Giant alligator]]*
|| {{Tile|A|2:1}} [[Giant anaconda]] 
|| {{Tile|A|2:1}} [[Giant anole]]*
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|| {{Tile|A|7:0}} [[Giant armadillo]] 
|| {{Tile|A|5:0}} [[Giant axolotl]]
|| {{Tile|A|7:0}} [[Giant aye-aye]] 
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|| {{Tile|B|0:1}} [[Giant bat]]
|| {{Tile|B|7:0}} [[Giant badger]]
|| {{Tile|S|6:1}} [[Giant bark scorpion]] 
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|| {{Tile|B|6:0}} [[Giant barn owl]]
|| {{Tile|B|6:0}} [[Giant beaver]] 
|| {{Tile|B|4:0}} [[Giant beetle]]*
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|| {{Tile|B|0:1}} [[Giant black bear]]*
|| {{Tile|S|0:1}} [[Giant black mamba]]
|| {{Tile|B|1:1}} [[Giant bluejay]]*
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|| {{Tile|B|6:0}} [[Giant bobcat]]
|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant brown recluse spider]] 
|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant bushmaster]]
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|| {{Tile|B|6:0}} [[Giant bushtit]] 
|| {{Tile|B|0:1}} [[Giant buzzard]]*
|| {{Tile|C|7:1}} [[Giant capuchin]] 
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|| {{Tile|C|6:0}} [[Giant capybara]]
|| {{Tile|C|4:1}} [[Giant cardinal]]*
|| {{Tile|S|7:0}} [[Giant cave spider]]
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|| {{Tile|C|0:1}} [[Giant cave swallow]]
|| {{Tile|T|7:0}} [[Giant cave toad]]
|| {{Tile|C|0:1}} [[Giant cassowary]]
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|| {{Tile|C|2:1}} [[Giant chameleon]]*
|| {{Tile|C|6:1}} [[Giant cheetah]]
|| {{Tile|C|7:0}} [[Giant chinchilla]] 
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|| {{Tile|C|6:0}} [[Giant chipmunk]]*
|| {{Tile|C|6:0}} [[Giant coati]] 
|| {{Tile|C|7:1}} [[Giant cockatiel]]
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|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant copperhead snake]] 
|| {{Tile|C|6:0}} [[Giant cougar]]*
|| {{Tile|C|7:0}} [[Giant coyote]] 
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|| {{Tile|C|4:1}} [[Giant crab]]
|| {{Tile|C|0:1}} [[Giant crow]] 
|| {{Tile|C|6:0}} [[Giant cuttlefish]]
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|| {{Tile|D|3:1}} [[Giant damselfly]]<sup>†</sup> 
|| {{Tile|D|6:0}} [[Giant deer]]*
|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant desert scorpion]]<sup><small>Until </small></sup>{{version|0.42.04}}
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|| {{Tile|T|6:0}} [[Giant desert tortoise]] 
|| {{Tile|D|6:1}} [[Giant dingo]]
|| {{Tile|D|3:1}} [[Giant dragonfly]]*<sup>†</sup>
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|| {{Tile|E|6:0}} [[Giant eagle]]
|| {{Tile|W|7:0}} [[Giant earthworm]]
|| {{Tile|E|6:0}} [[Giant echidna]] 
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|| {{Tile|E|7:0}} [[Giant elephant]]*
|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant elephant seal]] 
|| {{Tile|E|6:0}} [[Giant elk]]*
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|| {{Tile|E|6:0}} [[Giant emu]] 
|| {{Tile|F|2:1}} [[Giant firefly]]*
|| {{Tile|F|0:1}} [[Giant fly]]* 
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|| {{Tile|F|6:0}} [[Giant flying squirrel]]
|| {{Tile|F|4:0}} [[Giant fox]]*
|| {{Tile|G|6:0}} [[Giant gazelle]]*
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|| {{Tile|T|6:0}} [[Gigantic tortoise]] 
|| {{Tile|G|4:1}} [[Giant gila monster]]
|| {{Tile|G|6:0}} [[Giant giraffe]]* 
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|| {{Tile|G|0:1}} [[Giant grackle]]*
|| {{Tile|G|2:1}} [[Giant grasshopper]] 
|| {{Tile|L|7:0}} [[Giant gray langur]]
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|| {{Tile|S|7:0}} [[Giant gray squirrel]]* 
|| {{Tile|O|7:0}} [[Giant great horned owl]]
|| {{Tile|F|2:1}} [[Giant green tree frog]] 
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|| {{Tile|P|7:0}} [[Giant grey parrot]]
|| {{Tile|B|6:0}} [[Giant grizzly bear]]* 
|| {{Tile|G|6:0}} [[Giant groundhog]]*
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|| {{Tile|H|7:0}} [[Giant hamster]] 
|| {{Tile|H|6:0}} [[Giant hare]]
|| {{Tile|H|7:0}} [[Giant harp seal]] 
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|| {{Tile|H|6:0}} [[Giant hedgehog]]
|| {{Tile|H|7:0}} [[Giant hippo]]* 
|| {{Tile|M|7:0}} [[Giant hoary marmot]]*
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|| {{Tile|B|7:1}} [[Giant honey badger]]*
|| {{Tile|H|0:1}} [[Giant hornbill]]     
|| {{Tile|H|6:0}} [[Giant horseshoe crab]] 
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|| {{Tile|H|6:0}} [[Giant hyena]]
|| {{Tile|I|6:0}} [[Giant ibex]] 
|| {{Tile|I|2:1}} [[Giant iguana]]*
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|| {{Tile|I|6:0}} [[Giant impala]] 
|| {{Tile|J|6:0}} [[Giant jackal]]
|| {{Tile|J|6:1}} [[Giant jaguar]] 
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|| {{Tile|S|0:1}} [[Giant jumping spider]]
|| {{Tile|K|2:0}} [[Giant kakapo]] 
|| {{Tile|K|6:0}} [[Giant kangaroo]]
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|| {{Tile|K|2:0}} [[Giant kea]] 
|| {{Tile|K|4:0}} [[Giant kestrel]]
|| {{Tile|K|0:1}} [[Giant king cobra]] 
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|| {{Tile|K|7:1}} [[Giant kingsnake]]
|| {{Tile|K|6:0}} [[Giant kiwi]] 
|| {{Tile|K|7:0}} [[Giant koala]]
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|| {{Tile|L|0:1}} [[Giant leech]] 
|| {{Tile|G|6:1}} [[Giant leopard gecko]]
|| {{Tile|L|6:1}} [[Giant leopard]] 
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|| {{Tile|L|0:1}} [[Giant leopard seal]]
|| {{Tile|L|6:1}} [[Giant lion]] 
|| {{Tile|L|6:1}} [[Giant lion tamarin]]
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|| {{Tile|L|6:0}} [[Giant lizard]]* 
|| {{Tile|L|0:1}} [[Giant loon]]
|| {{Tile|L|4:1}} [[Giant lorikeet]] 
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|| {{Tile|L|6:0}} [[Giant louse]]
|| {{Tile|L|6:0}} [[Giant lynx]] 
|| {{Tile|M|0:1}} [[Giant magpie]]
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|| {{Tile|M|1:1}} [[Giant mandrill]]* 
|| {{Tile|M|2:1}} [[Giant mantis]]
|| {{Tile|L|2:1}} [[Giant masked lovebird]] 
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|| {{Tile|M|6:0}} [[Giant mink]]
|| {{Tile|m|6:0}} [[Giant mole]]
|| {{Tile|B|4:1}} [[Giant monarch butterfly]]*
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|| {{Tile|M|7:0}} [[Giant mongoose]]
|| {{Tile|M|6:0}} [[Giant monitor lizard]] 
|| {{Tile|S|4:1}} [[Giant moon snail]]
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|| {{Tile|M|6:0}} [[Giant moose]] 
|| {{Tile|M|0:1}} [[Giant mosquito]]
|| {{Tile|M|6:0}} [[Giant moth]] 
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|| {{Tile|G|7:1}} [[Giant mountain goat]]*
|| {{Tile|M|6:0}} [[Giant muskox]]*
|| {{Tile|N|7:0}} [[Giant narwhal]]
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|| {{Tile|N|4:1}} [[Giant nautilus]] 
|| {{Tile|O|6:1}} [[Giant ocelot]]
|| {{Tile|O|7:0}} [[Giant octopus]] 
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|| {{Tile|C|6:0}} [[Giant one-humped camel]]*
|| {{Tile|O|7:0}} [[Giant opossum]] 
|| {{Tile|O|0:1}} [[Giant orca]]
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|| {{Tile|O|6:1}} [[Giant oriole]]*
|| {{Tile|O|7:1}} [[Giant osprey]]
|| {{Tile|O|0:1}} [[Giant ostrich]] 
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|| {{Tile|O|6:0}} [[Giant otter]]
|| {{Tile|O|7:1}} [[Giant olm]]
|| {{Tile|P|7:1}} [[Gigantic panda]] 
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|| {{Tile|P|6:0}} [[Giant pangolin]]
|| {{Tile|P|2:1}} [[Giant parakeet]] 
|| {{Tile|L|2:1}} [[Giant peach-faced lovebird]]
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|| {{Tile|P|7:1}} [[Giant penguin]] 
|| {{Tile|P|6:0}} [[Giant peregrine falcon]]
|| {{Tile|P|6:0}} [[Giant platypus]] 
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|| {{Tile|B|7:1}} [[Giant polar bear]]*
|| {{Tile|T|2:0}} [[Giant pond turtle]]<sup>†</sup>
|| {{Tile|P|6:0}} [[Giant porcupine]]
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|| {{Tile|P|0:1}} [[Giant puffin]] 
|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant python]]
|| {{Tile|R|7:0}} [[Giant raccoon]]* 
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|| {{Tile|R|0:1}} [[Giant rat]]
|| {{Tile|S|7:0}} [[Giant rattlesnake]] 
|| {{Tile|R|0:1}} [[Giant raven]]
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|| {{Tile|R|4:0}} [[Giant red panda]] 
|| {{Tile|R|6:0}} [[Giant red squirrel]]*
|| {{Tile|R|0:1}} [[Giant red-winged blackbird]]* 
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|| {{Tile|M|7:0}} [[Giant rhesus macaque]]*
|| {{Tile|R|7:0}} [[Giant rhinoceros]]* 
|| {{Tile|R|6:0}} [[Giant roach]]*
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|| {{Tile|C|2:0}} [[Giant saltwater crocodile]]* 
|| {{Tile|S|7:0}} [[Giant skink]]*
|| {{Tile|S|0:1}} [[Giant skunk]] 
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|| {{Tile|B|0:1}} [[Giant sloth bear]]
|| {{Tile|S|7:0}} [[Giant sloth]] 
|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant slug]]
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|| {{Tile|S|7:0}} [[Giant snail]] 
|| {{Tile|T|2:0}} [[Giant snapping turtle]]
|| {{Tile|O|7:1}} [[Giant snowy owl]] 
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|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant sparrow]]
|| {{Tile|W|7:0}} [[Giant sperm whale]] 
|| {{Tile|M|0:1}} [[Giant spider monkey]]
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|| {{Tile|S|4:1}} [[Giant sponge]] 
|| {{Tile|S|7:1}} [[Gigantic squid]]
|| {{Tile|S|6:0}} [[Giant stoat]] 
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|| {{Tile|S|7:1}} [[Giant swan]]
|| {{Tile|T|7:1}} [[Giant tapir]] 
|| {{Tile|T|6:0}} [[Giant thrips]]
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|| {{Tile|T|0:1}} [[Giant tick]] 
|| {{Tile|T|6:1}} [[Giant tiger]]
|| {{Tile|T|2:0}} [[Giant toad]]*<sup>†</sup> 
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|| {{Tile|C|6:0}} [[Giant two-humped camel]]*
|| {{Tile|V|4:0}} [[Giant vulture]]* 
|| {{Tile|W|6:0}} [[Giant walrus]]*
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|| {{Tile|W|6:0}} [[Giant warthog]]* 
|| {{Tile|W|6:0}} [[Giant weasel]]
|| {{Tile|S|7:1}} [[Giant white stork]] 
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|| {{Tile|B|6:0}} [[Giant wild boar]]
|| {{Tile|W|7:0}} [[Giant wolf]]* 
|| {{Tile|W|6:0}} [[Giant wolverine]]
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|| {{Tile|W|6:0}} [[Giant wombat]]
|| {{Tile|W|6:0}} [[Giant wren]]

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:<small>*This creature was added in version [[Release_information/0.42.04|0.42.04]].</small>
:<small><sup>†</sup>This creature is a variant of a solely [[pool]]-dwelling vermin, and will thus never appear in-game.</small>

==History==

Giant animals have existed since the [[Main:Release information#2D_Version|2D days of Dwarf Fortress]]. Initially, the only giant animals were [[23a:giant bat|giant bat]]s, [[23a:giant cave spider|giant cave spider]]s, [[23a:giant cheetah|giant cheetah]]s, [[23a:giant leopard|giant leopard]]s, [[23a:giant lion|giant lion]]s, [[23a:giant mole|giant mole]]s, [[23a:giant rat|giant rat]]s, [[23a:giant tiger|giant tiger]]s, and [[23a:giant toad|giant toad]]s. The [[23a:giant desert scorpion|giant desert scorpion]] was also one of these.

More giant animals were added up until sometime during [[v0.31:Release_information|0.31]], when creature variations were added. After this, any new giant animal was added as a creature variant. Several new giant animals came with [[v0.34:release_information|0.34.01]], due to the animals of the [[main:animal sponsorship drive|animal sponsorship drive]] receiving giant variants.

Sometime during [[Release_information|DF2014]], the original giant animals were refactored to be creature variants, instead of being defined separately from their common versions. The [[giant cave spider]] was an exception from this. 

[[Release_information/0.42.04|0.42.04]] added many giant animals as variants of existing creatures, including the [[giant elephant]]. The [[giant desert scorpion]] was removed, as there existed no normal ”desert scorpion”.

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