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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Balaho means "name" in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines. Unggoy means "monkey" in the same language. | *Balaho means "name" in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines. Unggoy means "monkey" in the same language. | ||
*Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, about 23 times stronger than CO2, which is strange considering how Balaho is so cold when the planet's atmosphere is composed mainly of it. The most likely explanation is that Balaho is much further away from Tala then other habitable planets are from their suns, and was only warm enough to support life because of its methane atmosphere. This also explains why it hadn't been engulfed by Tala when it expanded into a blue supergiant. | *Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, about 23 times stronger than CO2, which is strange considering how Balaho is so cold when the planet's atmosphere is composed mainly of it. The most likely explanation is that Balaho is much further away from Tala then other habitable planets are from their suns, and was only warm enough to support life because of its methane atmosphere. This also explains why it hadn't been engulfed by Tala when it expanded into a blue supergiant. | ||
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*''[[Halo Legends]]'' | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' | ||
**''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Balaho Unggoy Homeworld.png|Balaho, as shown in the [[Bestiarum]]. | |||
File:Ancient Grunts.jpg|Ancient Unggoy being reseeded on Balaho by [[Forerunner]] machinery. | |||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
