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| The smallest ranches will typically have a minimum of 20 square kilometres holding around 400 animals at various stages in the life cycle. There would be about 10 people involved in running this sort of farm and it would have an annual turnover in the region of 200,000 credits. see this article on the [[: | The smallest ranches will typically have a minimum of 20 square kilometres holding around 400 animals at various stages in the life cycle. There would be about 10 people involved in running this sort of farm and it would have an annual turnover in the region of 200,000 credits. see this article on the [[: | ||
| - | ===== Megadon Life Cycle ===== | ||
| - | Megadons hatch from eggs and are about the size of a domestic cat when they emerge. They grow rapidly (about 3kg/day) if fed on a protein rich diet of plants. By the time they are one year old they can be about twice the size of a beef cow, about a tonne. This rate of growth then increases to about 6kg/day) for approximately four years before slowing again to around 3kg/day. At the age of five a typical megadon weighs in at 20 tonnes and is around | ||
| + | ===== Megadon Life Cycle ===== | ||
| + | Megadons hatch from eggs and are about the size of a domestic cat when they emerge. Like many animals hatching from eggs they associate the first things they see as ' | ||
| + | They grow rapidly (about 3kg/day) if fed on a protein rich diet of plants. By the time they are one year old they can be about twice the size of a beef cow, about a tonne. This rate of growth then increases to about 6kg/day) for approximately four years before slowing again to around 3kg/day. At the age of five a typical megadon weighs in at 20 tonnes and is around 15 metres from nose to tail. | ||
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