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Every worm-like creature is an individual eel, about 1.4 meters long, with its own central nervous system. It is speculated that the Lekgolo have microscopic muscular cilia which are used to connect to other Lekgolo and that each cilium is capable of communicating chemically similar to a synapse, explaining how the Mgalekgolo can become a collective being. | Every worm-like creature is an individual eel, about 1.4 meters long, with its own central nervous system. It is speculated that the Lekgolo have microscopic muscular cilia which are used to connect to other Lekgolo and that each cilium is capable of communicating chemically similar to a synapse, explaining how the Mgalekgolo can become a collective being. | ||
The only time that individual Lekgolo can be seen in the Halo games is in ''Halo 3''. If you shoot at a dead Hunter's body, small eel-like creatures will fly out of the corpse, but will disappear after a few seconds. | The only time that individual Lekgolo can be seen in the Halo games is in ''Halo 3''. If you shoot at a dead Hunter's body, small eel-like creatures will fly out of the corpse, but will disappear after a few seconds. Also they appear by themselves in the book [[COntact Harvest]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:1203558250 Hunter.jpg|thumb|A Hunter, one form of Mgalekgolo, gestalts formed by Lekgolo.]] | [[File:1203558250 Hunter.jpg|thumb|A Hunter, one form of Mgalekgolo, gestalts formed by Lekgolo.]] | ||
The Lekgolo evolved on their homeworld of [[Te]] and fed by burrowing through the ground of their planet. They came into contact with the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] when the collective alien order landed in search of [[Forerunner]] artifacts. They found only the destroyed remains of a Forerunner space station which had once contained many | The Lekgolo evolved on their homeworld of [[Te]] and fed by burrowing through the ground of their planet. They came into contact with the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] when the collective alien order landed in search of [[Forerunner]] artifacts. They found only the destroyed remains of a [[Forerunner]] space station which had once contained many relics, but was now bare due to the actions of the worms, which had broken down and eaten the devices. The [[San 'Shyuum]] viewed this as heresy, and declared war on the Lekgolo in what would later be called the [[Taming of the Lekgolo]]. | ||
The Lekgolo, however, proved to be a match for the Covenant's ground forces. They won the majority of ground battles and killed an unnamed [[Arbiter (Rank)|Arbiter]], though the latter was likely the intent of the Covenant. | The Lekgolo, however, proved to be a match for the Covenant's ground forces. They won the majority of ground battles and killed an unnamed [[Arbiter (Rank)|Arbiter]], though the latter was likely the intent of the Covenant. | ||