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| − | [[File:Vermin-Turtle.JPG|thumb|left | + | [[File:Vermin-Turtle.JPG|thumb|left|Admired for its beauty.]] |
| − | '''Pond turtles''' are a common source of [[food]] and one of the few sources of [[shell|shells]]. They can be found in any pool of water and are gathered by [[fishing]] | + | '''Pond turtles''' are a common source of [[food]] and one of the few sources of [[shell|shells]]. They can be found in any pool of water and are gathered by [[fishing]]. |
| − | To harvest a shell, the | + | To harvest a shell, the pond turtle must be processed at a [[Fishery]]. This will produce a [[shell|pond turtle shell]] and an edible pond turtle. Currently one stack of pond turtles [5] will only produce one shell due to bug 808. {{bug|0808}} If a pond turtle is eaten before it is processed, no shell will be produced. |
| − | + | Pond turtles are categorized as [[fish]] in the [[stocks]] and [[status]] screen. | |
| − | + | Pond turtles purchased from caravans are already processed and thus have no shell. | |
| − | + | When you buy an empty cage from the traders, there's a chance you will get a vermin inside, including pond turtles, however, you can't get a shell from a tame pet pond turtle you bought from a caravan. | |
| − | + | The only way you can get a shell from pond turtles is by having a fisherdwarf perform the fishing labor, producing a raw pond turtle, which is then taken to a fishery and processed to get a shell and a pond turtle food item. Even if you release that tame vermin and it gets killed by a trap, the only result will be pond turtle remains, not a raw pond turtle you can take to a fisherdwarf's workshop and process to get a shell. | |
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The pond turtle's elusive cousin, the mighty [[aquifer]] turtle, is just like a pond turtle but can be fished in dug [[aquifer]]s. It is entirely similar to the pond turtle, but one wonders how can the turtle swim between grains of rock in the aquifer and then feed a dwarf. | The pond turtle's elusive cousin, the mighty [[aquifer]] turtle, is just like a pond turtle but can be fished in dug [[aquifer]]s. It is entirely similar to the pond turtle, but one wonders how can the turtle swim between grains of rock in the aquifer and then feed a dwarf. | ||
| − | These wondrous beasts seem to spontaneously generate in dug aquifers, for some reason. Maybe they don't like being in aquifers so squeeze themselves ''really hard'' between two grains of rock? | + | These wondrous beasts seem to spontaneously generate in dug aquifers, for some reason. Maybe they don't like being in aquifers so squeeze themselves ''really hard'' between two grains of rock ? |
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