Here's a shot of what it looks like on my system with an updated graphics set and Stonesense running (the Lazy Newb Pack is a godsend for me). But what the graphics lack in grotesquery, the textual descriptions more than make up for -- tendons tearing, body parts flying off in an arc, teeth and eyes and...yeah, you get the idea.

The screenshot is a test to see who'd win, seven cats or seven chickens. Not surprisingly, the cats took the day. I've had a few outposts get bothered by badgers, only to have our guard dogs out front tear into them. And I'm tempted to create a cavy army just to see their threshold for mischief.