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The actual size of an individual creature is the result of different effects:
 
The actual size of an individual creature is the result of different effects:
 
* The base BODY_SIZE for the species of creature.
 
* The base BODY_SIZE for the species of creature.
* The [[age]] of the creature; most creatures are born at minimum size and grow to a maximum.
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* The [[age]] of the creature; most creatures are born at minimum size, and grow to a maximum.
:* Some, like dragons and most species of snake, grow throughout their entire lifetime and may not live long enough to reach the maximum.
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:* Some, like dragons and most species of snake, grow throughout their entire lifetime, and may not live long enough to reach the maximum.
* Inheritance; many creatures have {{token|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER|c}}) tokens that allow them to vary in height, width, or length, which they can pass on to children.
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* Inheritance; many creatures have {{token|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER|c}}) tokens, that allow them to vary in height, width, or length, which they can pass on to children.
* Muscle mass, determined by its [[strength]] attribute (a thin dwarf with ~44210 size will be ~64210 once they become unbelievably strong), due to muscle having {{token|THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH|tissue}}.
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* Muscle mass, determined by it's [[strength]] attribute (a thin dwarf with ~44210 size will be ~64210 once they become unbelievably strong), due to muscle having {{token|THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH|tissue}}.
 
* Fat mass, due to {{token|THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE|tissue}}.{{verify|untested, seems like it should, and a bug if it doesn't}}
 
* Fat mass, due to {{token|THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE|tissue}}.{{verify|untested, seems like it should, and a bug if it doesn't}}
  
Creature sizes range from 1 (small insect [[vermin]]) to 200,000,000 ([[giant sperm whale]]s, the largest creature in the game). See [[List of creatures by adult size]] for details.
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Creature sizes range from 1 (small insect [[vermin]]) to 200,000,000 ([[giant sperm whale]]s, the largest creature in the game). See [[List of creatures by adult size]] for details.
  
 
=== Sample list of creature sizes in cm<sup>3</sup> ===
 
=== Sample list of creature sizes in cm<sup>3</sup> ===

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