#Sexual dimorphism marker in Paleopedia

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vestal tundra
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We already have breeding season and mating relationship infobox lines so I think it would make sense to add one for sexual dimorphism.

hollow gorge
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What are you proposing exactly? For a single line that says, yes or no, this animal's features are different depending on sex? That's kind of obvious from the nursery already right?

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In you were proposing more detailed info, Tarbosaurus females are 5-10% larger. That'd make more sense but with individual variation it might confuse people to suddenly get a male that's larger

vestal tundra
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Or

vestal tundra
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More specifically

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“Ankylosaurus magniventris
Sexual dimorphism: yes, larger female”

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Or

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“Megaloceros atlas
Sexual dimorphism:. yes, larger male with antlers”

vestal tundra
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rocky rock
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I mean, you can always just switch between male and female in the nursery to see if there's a change

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trick is to watch the size reference figure, if it appears to change size then you've got dimorphism

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Not every skin is sexually dimorphic, anyway, so it might get tricky with exceptions and whatnot if they had the paleopedia tell you

vestal tundra
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Esp with size

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I wouldn't know for sure unless I dropped them together and checked their health chart

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And besides I didn't realize female Ankylos were bigger until I found one particularly big one while testing

hollow gorge
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You have to think that the UI is created with a certain gameplay loop in mind. So people will open up the nursery to breed a group of animals, check the enclosure size in the paleopedia, place the creatures and then move on with the next one

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Dimorphism is irrelevant to know because it only affects gameplay in a minor way, the one being that larger animals have higher appeal. But the variation messes up that predictability big time

vestal tundra
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Ahhh

vestal tundra