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0002858Dwarf FortressCreaturespublic2010-07-26 17:302010-07-31 04:03
ReporterHugna 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityN/A
StatusresolvedResolutionunable to reproduce 
PlatformPCOSWindows VistaOS VersionSP?? x64
Product Version0.31.11 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0002858: Animals somehow giving birth with no male
DescriptionOk, for some reason, my camel had no male, and gave birth, now my dogs had no male, and somehow gave birth.

...Is this a bug, or... are males of other creatures doing this?
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-07-26 17:30HugnaNew Issue
2010-07-26 17:37FootkerchiefNote Added: 0011120
2010-07-26 17:38FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-07-26 17:51smjjamesNote Added: 0011125
2010-07-27 00:54HugnaNote Added: 0011147
2010-07-27 02:07ChickenLipsNote Added: 0011149
2010-07-27 08:24king doomNote Added: 0011159
2010-07-27 08:29king doomTag Attached: CLOSE THIS
2010-07-27 08:30FootkerchiefNote Added: 0011160
2010-07-27 08:30smjjamesNote Added: 0011161
2010-07-30 13:57HugnaNote Added: 0011304
2010-07-31 04:02FootkerchiefNote Added: 0011320
2010-07-31 04:03FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0011320bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0011320#r4437
2010-07-31 04:03FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2010-07-31 04:03FootkerchiefResolutionopen => unable to reproduce
2010-07-31 04:03FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2010-07-31 04:03FootkerchiefTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-07-31 04:03FootkerchiefTag Detached: CLOSE THIS

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(0011120)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-26 17:37   
Traders' animals can get them pregnant, or they can arrive pregnant. Does that explain it?
(0011125)
smjjames   
2010-07-26 17:51   
As for the camel, if you're in a desert, that can be it as well. Traders animals seem to be able to spread their 'spores' right through trader cages.
(0011147)
Hugna   
2010-07-27 00:54   
I'm pretty sure i never had any caravans carry any animal that was any of those. Unless somehow lions, tigers, and wolves count.
(0011149)
ChickenLips   
2010-07-27 02:07   
I think he was referring more to the traders' pack animals. I know I had precisely one camel, and it gave birth after the first dwarven caravan, what with its frisky, opportunistic pack camels, came and went.
(0011159)
king doom   
2010-07-27 08:24   
pack animals of the same species can impregnate animals, and every creature in DF reproduces through spores, so a male and female just need to be on the same map together. That means merchants animals, animals in cages and wild animals passing by your fort can cause pregnancy.
(0011160)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-27 08:30   
I'm pretty sure i never had any caravans carry any animal that was any of those. Unless somehow lions, tigers, and wolves count.

You never had a single caravan carrying a dog? How do you know?
(0011161)
smjjames   
2010-07-27 08:30   
However, animals that you own and are in cages won't spread spores, while merchant animals in cages seem to be able to spread spores. Go figure.
(0011304)
Hugna   
2010-07-30 13:57   
Foot: It would tell me on the unit list.
(0011320)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-31 04:02   
(edited on: 2010-07-31 04:03)
You check the unit list every single time you get a caravan, and you never overlook anything? And your caravans never brought a dog? Without a save, that's too implausible to act on. Feel free to reopen this if you have evidence.