Moa (Earth-5875)

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 * title = Moa
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 * universe = Earth-5875
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 * body type =
 * eyes = None
 * hair = None
 * skin = Varies
 * of limbs = 4
 * special adaptations = Large, flightless, bird-like creature with feathers and scales
 * notable individuals =
 * home planet = Reach
 * created by = Draft227}}Moa are large, flightless birds native to Reach who resemble the extinct moa from Earth.

History
The moa are edible and their meat is consumed by humans. On their native planet Reach, domesticated moa were abated to be served as moa burgers, one of the most tasty and required meals in fast foods and restaurants, such as the fast food chain World Cuisine, with several advertisements promoting the lunch for 7.77cR on big cities such as New Alexandria.

After the Fall of Reach, the Covenant's glassing of the colony almost drove the moa to extinction. However, many moa that did not live in the sections the Covenant glassed survived. The current largest moa population live on the Inner colony Gannick 22. Wiljax Brantley, a Gannickian unrepentant and owner of the restaurant Have S'Moa, has a big population of moa, which he was able to ship out of Reach before the attack on the planet. Duo to their current rarity, moa nuggets became exorbitantly expensive and a delicacy.

Characteristic Traits
A moa's body is feathered, with scales that begin from the neck upwards, giving them a very reptilian skull.