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Animals with CFD ?

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« on: <02-29-16/1048:40> »
Slamm-0! mentions that in Chrome Flesh (p.219):

"The virus worked fine on other animals with sufficiently developed brains"

Was this covered in some books ? I can't recall seeing anything about that in either Boston Lockdown or Stolen Souls. What would be the behavior of such creature ? Some example and description would help see how (or not) to use such critters....

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« Reply #1 on: <02-29-16/1054:47> »
Pretty sure it was mentioned in Lockdown, but not near my books to look up any references.  Although I think it was mentioned, not detailed.

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« Reply #2 on: <02-29-16/1130:06> »
There was also mention of some folks trying to capture a Monad cat, which I always took to mean a CFD infected feline.  There aren't any hard rules to differentiate critters vs. metahumans with CFD. 

As far as behavior goes, I think the AI is much more likely to win, thus apply those behaviors various CFD victims have, in an animal body.  It's basically an AI in a biodrone at that point.  As far as the stats go, take the critter and start sticking CFD stuff in it.  It'll be funny when some zookeeper tries to tranq a lion and sees the load that would have taken an elephant down not even phase it. 
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« Reply #3 on: <02-29-16/1746:29> »
Weren't they talking about a raccoon too at some point?
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« Reply #4 on: <02-29-16/2255:44> »
Weren't they talking about a raccoon too at some point?
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« Reply #5 on: <03-01-16/0256:10> »
Weren't they talking about a raccoon too at some point?

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« Reply #6 on: <03-01-16/1144:12> »
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