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Dwarf Fortress => DF General Discussion => Topic started by: §k on December 03, 2014, 11:10:25 pm

Title: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: §k on December 03, 2014, 11:10:25 pm
Rutherers are large carnivores with grey fur, blue skin, and an enormous tail, found in 2nd and 3rd caverns.

Binturongs, are small civet-like mammals native to southeastern asia, also known as bearcat. Although different in size, they have resemblance to rutherer.

Picture of a binturong from wikipedia.
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Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: Naryar on December 04, 2014, 04:59:24 am
i have seen one of these in Paris a while ago

Also do rutherers smell ?
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: Weirdsound on December 04, 2014, 06:02:31 am
Those are the things that poop out the expensive coffee, right?

Time to mod Rutherers so they can be harvested for brewable beans. :p
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: Badger Storm on December 04, 2014, 12:07:19 pm
No, that's a kopi luwak.  Different animal.
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: smjjames on December 04, 2014, 01:34:00 pm
They're both Viverrids though, I don't know how closely related they are evolutionarily.
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: smeeprocket on December 04, 2014, 01:38:17 pm
That is adorable. I always picturered rutherers and some sort of giant mouth thing with a wormy body.
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: Badger Storm on December 04, 2014, 02:44:03 pm
I pictured them as having quadrupedal dog-like bodies, nubby ears, and small, cat-like muzzles.
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: k33n on December 05, 2014, 02:14:35 pm
I always pictured them with finely minced plump helmet, finely minced pump helmet, finely minced plump helmet and finely minced plump helmet.
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: Naryar on December 05, 2014, 06:45:41 pm
Rutherers I picture as... well, giant, very furry, elephant-sized mammals with large tails. Actually yes, somewhat binturong-shaped but far bigger.
Title: Re: Binturong, or Bearcat, the Rutherer in Reality
Post by: Spehss _ on December 05, 2014, 09:09:39 pm
I imagined them as a grey big-ass squirrel-cat-thing.