Editing Purring maggot

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'''Purring maggots''' are a type of [[cavern]]-living [[vermin]] notable for being the only underground source of [[milk]], known as [[dwarven milk]]. They can be obtained by [[Trapper|trapping]] them with [[animal trap]]s. They are [[hateable]] vermin and will inspire an unhappy [[thought]] in [[dwarves]] that detest them.

To obtain these maggots you will need to discover the 2nd or 3rd cavern layer, then construct ({{k-|b|m}}) [[animal trap]]s on cave moss there. Use {{k|q}} to set meat/fish for bait. A higher quality trap will increase the chances of catching a purring maggot instead of losing the bait.

Some dwarves [[Preference|like]] purring maggots for their ''comforting whirs''.

[[File:purring_maggots.png|thumb|302px|center|Sound cuter than they look.<br><small>''Art by Zippy''</small>]]

==Bugs==
* Tamed purring maggots can't be milked. {{Bug|3670}}
* After being milked, purring maggots are left inside the workshop as an item. {{Bug|3668}}

==Trivia==

{{d_for_dwarf}}In [[main:Dwarf Fortress Talk|the 28th episode of Dwarf Fortress Talk]], it was revealed the sprite for [[Cheese|dwarven cheese]] in the official Premium tileset was inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu Casu Marzu], a Sardinian cheese containing live maggots, causing the sprite to have a two-frame animation. The idea was forwarded by [[Meph]], who drew it. This in turn spawned a discussion as to where the maggots in the cheese came from, the milked maggot remaining. Do the maggots lay, or contain, smaller maggots? Do they form maggot-chains, or are they like Matryoshka dolls? Maybe the ”purring” of the purring maggot is a bunch of maggots inside the maggot, making a purring noise as they move around.

”The mystery of the purring maggot only grows.” - [[main:Toady One|Toady One]]

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