Fusa

The Fusa were a kangaroo-like RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. species of Po-WahiPo-WahiPo-Wahi is a region of the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by Po-Matoran and Rahi. The territory formerly fell under the control of Teridax. on the island of Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years.. Mostly harmless unless provoked, they could defend themselves with powerful hind legs, and their natural enemy was the MuakaMuakaTiger-like predators of Ko-Wahi with claws, teeth, and a taste for anything that moves.. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated; BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts)

Range and physiology#

The Fusa species was one of the Rahi the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. created from viruses and liquid protodermis to live in the Matoran Universe. On the island of Mata Nui, Fusa lived in Po-WahiPo-WahiPo-Wahi is a region of the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by Po-Matoran and Rahi. The territory formerly fell under the control of Teridax., the stone region. (BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

They were mostly harmless unless provoked, cornered or held in captivity, but they could defend themselves well with their powerful hind legs and a devastating punch. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Feud with the Muaka#

The Fusa's natural enemy was the MuakaMuakaTiger-like predators of Ko-Wahi with claws, teeth, and a taste for anything that moves., the big tiger-like Rahi. No particular fight between the two is described in the stories. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

After the Great Cataclysm#

When the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. swarms woke and stripped the forests of Le-WahiLe-WahiLe-Wahi is a region on the island of Mata Nui, inhabited by the Le-Matoran and Rahi. Formerly subject to the power of Teridax, the region is no longer under that influence., herds of Vako and Fusa fled deep into the Po-Wahi desert, where they competed with flocks of HusiHusiHusi is a Rahi bearing orange and red coloring and a beak. for food. (Wall of History)

What happened to the Fusa after the Matoran left Mata Nui isn't covered in the stories. Greg Farshtey later said, in answers to fans, that they went back to the Matoran Universe and eventually moved to Spherus MagnaSpherus MagnaA desert world of ancient conflict that became the merger point of the Matoran Universe and Bionicle's true endpoint.. (BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)

Position in the ecology#

The Fusa were part of the background wildlife of Po-Wahi rather than a species that drove the story, and they are catalogued in the BIONICLE Rahi guides alongside the island's other creatures. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated)