Lekgolo: Difference between revisions

The Lekgolo are characterized by their ability to form bonds with one another both physically and neurologically to form gestalt colonies with a singular personality; these communities, rather than individual Lekgolo eels, are considered the closest thing to a sapient Lekgolo "individual" that can be named.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 267''</ref> Lekgolo are relatively unintelligent at the most basic level, but can form complex thoughts and emerge as a conscious individual when they combine into larger masses that communicate through chemical and electrical means. A colony's level of intelligence is generally dependent on the amount of neural mass present,{{Ref/Reuse|waypointarticle}} and can be scaled upward to a certain extent for increased intelligence. The neural net that Lekgolo colonies develop enables them to be incredibly strong and very sensitive to their surroundings.{{Ref/Reuse|bestiarum}} These gestalts are capable of manifesting in several different forms according to what goal they are striving to achieve and the amount of Lekgolo worms that are present. The Covenant was aware of six different forms of Lekgolo colonies: [[Dipholekgolo]], [[Mgalekgolo]], [[Rhulolekgolo]], [[Sbaolekgolo]], [[Khantolekgolo]], and [[Thanolekgolo]]. Each of these gestalts differs in size, mass, and complexity.{{Ref/Reuse|waypointarticle}} Because of the nature of the Lekgolo's compound intelligence and consciousness, they cannot be easily assimilated by the [[Flood]], for while each individual worm may have its own central nervous system, the subsistence gestalts do not, and co-opted worms were never able to be used by the Flood to form the gestalts they would otherwise have. The Flood can still certainly use Lekgolo for their biomass, however.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''Wages of Sin'': ''page 301''</ref>

===Reproduction and life cycle===