When do animals attack?

[evrett33]

I've been jumped by beetles in the desert before but in my current jungle game none of the cobras seem to go offensive. I've got one living in my indoor stockpile and he just seems content to slither back and forth all harmless-like. Are these guy suppose to be attacking?

[brobe94]

They only attack if you provoke them first and/or they have a "break" / mental break which is usually defined by an event alert (red flashing envelope) so you can prepare to defend yourself.

[brobe94]

Also, if the cryptocasket things get opened either on purpose or accident, they have a chance to spawn already hostile scarabs/beetles that could eventually find you without any alert I think.

[Haplo]

They also will behave differently if you have my Miscellaneous Animals mod active