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===Ecology=== | ===Ecology=== | ||
The planet's hostile conditions and the methane atmosphere of Balaho sustains unusually hardy forms of life,{{Ref/Reuse|enc151}} most notably the | The planet's hostile conditions and the methane atmosphere of Balaho sustains unusually hardy forms of life,{{Ref/Reuse|enc151}} most notably the arthropod Unggoy.{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|Halo: The Essential Visual Guide}} The majority of the planet's animal life appears to consist of arthropods and other invertebrates. Some Unggoy families on the planet had ancestral fish ponds.{{Ref/Book|Id=HTF|Halo: The Flood|2}} Balaho is home to many voracious predators, with the Unggoy evolving to have a rigid exoskeleton lined with spikes and barbs along their body to deter such threats.{{Ref/Reuse|unggoy waypoint}} The luminescent [[Zap-jelly|zap-jellies]], which glowed with a faint pink light, filled the brackish seas of Balaho,<ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', p. 186</ref> with [[mud wasp]]s and [[shade crab]]s being commonly [[Hunting rock|hunted]] for sport, particularly by Unggoy youth. Balaho is also home to [[scrub grub]]s, an arthropodic pest that feeds on machinery.<ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', p. 90</ref> The methane tanks used by [[Unggoy Imperial|Unggoy Imperials]] resembles a species of [[Balahoan octopoda]], and the methane tank of [[Heavy (Covenant)|Grunt Heavies]] from [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] is equipped with analog eye sockets of a natural Unggoy predator.{{Ref/Reuse|evg4}} | ||
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*[[Fish]] | *[[Fish]] | ||
*[[Mud wasp]] | *[[Mud wasp]] | ||
*[[Scrub grub]] | |||
*[[Shade crab]] | *[[Shade crab]] | ||
*[[Unggoy predator]] | *[[Unggoy predator]] |