Talk:Animals

Animal attack rates

Until now I haven't been looking out to see how often certain animals attack, but it would be interesting to record it on the animals page. So far:

• Elephants: have attacked once an hour when on the same square as me (35 minutes past the hour according to the game report from the server)
• Tigers: have attacked me twice an hour when on the same square (5 minutes past and 35 minutes past according to the game)

Though I'm pretty sure there were times when they attacked less often. Perhaps there's some randomness. Some tigers are pussycats.

Anyone else have reports? If so, add here and transfer to the animal page when it looks helpful --The Wary Marsh 09:05, 4 April 2006 (BST)

Easter Bunny

Anyone see one of these? I just killed one I found. It didn't give my anything interesting...--Jackel 03:24, 16 April 2006 (BST)

• Sorry, no chocolate eggs for killing the Easter Bunny. Just plenty of XP for the kill (if I did my calculations right). It's unlikely you'll see one with max hp unless someone's feeling kind. --Simon 05:02, 16 April 2006 (BST)

I just got one, only had 3 hp and didn't attack once it was dead... since Easter was yesterday, was it maybe a straggler? Tibbalt 11:55, 17 April 2006 (BST)

Differing HP Limits?

I first encountered alligators in the inland swamps, and these had 15HP max. Now i'm over in the swamp on the easternmost peninsula, and alligators here have 25HP max (i've encoutered 4 or 5, each with 25HP). Did all the alligators get a boost in HP limit, or are these alligators super-special-flushed-down-toilet-mutant specimens that get a higher HP limit? This is a rather large swamp, makes sense that it would have bigger alligators. If it is only alligators here that have a higher HP limit, are there any other locations where certain animals have higher HP limits? Also, if it is location based, the chart should reflect this. --Frisco 19:23, 13 May 2006 (BST)

Do animals move like predators?

While waiting for a fellow native to talk to me one day, on successive page refreshes (at approximately equal time intervals) I saw an elephant appear 2N 1W of me, then 1N, then 1W, then 1S, moving south in a zig-zag but not joining us on our square. I suspect that the direction of an animal's movement is unaffected by human presence on surrounding squares, and that aggressive animals (such as elephants) will only attack if the square they move to happens to be occupied by someone; in short, I'm guessing that aggression translates into unprovoked attacks, not predatory movement. This accords with common sense, too; given the number of animals on the island and Simon's awareness of server load, I wouldn't expect him to have coded complicated animal movement rules when simple ones suffice. Of course, it may be that tigers (and boars) hunt while elephants apparently do not. More tests will tell. — Elembis 08:08, 21 May 2006 (BST)