Moa



Moa are ambient life that will appear in Halo: Reach. They are large flightless birds that resemble extinct Earth moa. It is said that the moa are harmless and will not attack you.

Trivia

 * Killing 7|seven of them in the mission Winter Contingency unlocks the achievement KEEP IT CLEAN.
 * The original Moa were a group of flightless bird species native to the north and south islands that make up New Zealand, hunted to extinction between 1300 and 1400 C.E. by newly arrived Māori tribes.


 * Most Moa were actually small or medium-sized foragers, but are known for including the tallest flightless birds to ever live, the genus Dinornis.


 * It is unlikely that the Reach "Moa" is actually related to the New Zealand Moa, and were probably nicknamed this by settlers for their superficial similarity.