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v0.31:Carp
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- A medium-sized fish found in lakes and streams. They are bottom-feeders and tend to gather groups.
The carp is a fairly common variety of Template:L that is infamous among dwarves as being a vicious killer. However, they are not as dangerous now as the stories would lead you to believe. They are still capable of dragging dwarves into water1, which if there are no ramps to allow the unlucky dwarf to escape can result in them drowning. Groups of carp are considerably more dangerous, able to inflict enough wounds to a fully-clothed dwarf for them to bleed to death, the river running with their blood.
1Actually, the stupid dwarves fall into the water trying to dodge carp attacks...
Carp may be found in anything from a river to a murky pool. While river-carp may be just as scared of your Dwarfs as the dwarves are of them (tending to swim away), carp found in a Template:L will often feel cornered and attack anyone who gets too close "as an act of self defense".
Advice
If Carp only exist in one specific water source (say, one Murky Pool), it may be best to simply designate a non-carp-infested body of water as a water source (i, set area rectangle using enter, w) and then restrict access (d, o, r) so dwarves aren't allowed to drink/fish anywhere else.
When Carp are found in the river, one solution is to dig an artificial Template:L and place a Template:L between it and the river proper, as carp cannot swim through grates, but grates still allow water through. Placing grates over the river or channel may also protect dwarves, by stopping them falling in.
Carp of Yore
In prior version of the game, carp had teeth that could inflict 3 times as much damage as an unarmed dwarf's fist, and so could dispatch an unarmed and unarmored dwarf (e.g. a fisherman, or a miner going for a drink) with ease.
