Dachora

The Dachora (Dachola in Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide) are a species of ostrich-like animals found on Planet Zebes.
An adult Dachora appears in Super Metroid, in which it teaches Samus Aran how to perform a Shinespark, a technique used with the Speed Booster. The Dachora continuously runs back and forth through a long corridor, building up speed before crouching and jumping extremely high; by imitating its motions, Samus can execute the Shinespark. A nest with an egg can be seen in the background.
Later, in the escape sequence in the end of the game, the Dachora and Etecoons are trapped in the Torizo's chamber in Crateria, which is being flooded with scalding-hot lava. Samus can rescue the trapped animals before the planet explodes; if she does so, a tiny white spaceship will be visible leaving the planet along with Samus's Starship during the ending sequence. Although their rescue is optional in Super Metroid, the action is considered canon due to the fact that the same Dachora and Etecoons make a reappearance in Metroid Fusion.
The appearance in Fusion shows that the egg from Super Metroid had hatched, with a small Dachora chick as the result. The Dachoras and Etecoons are seen as the sole survivors of the X Parasite infestation aboard the Biologic Space Laboratories research station. They are found on the Habitation Deck, confined in a sealed, tropical themed area with hanging tires for the Etecoons to play on. It is unknown why these creatures were on board, or why the X did not target them as potential hosts, though Adam suggests the creatures had no useful capabilities for the X. After Samus releases them, the Dachoras and Etecoons go to Samus's new Starship, and they later save Samus from the space station's explosion after the defeat of the Omega Metroid by piloting her Starship into the Docking Bays to rescue her.
The further fate of the Dachoras and Etecoons is unknown, as they neither appear nor are mentioned in Metroid Dread.
== The ReBoot Multiuniverse ==
The Dachoras and Etecoons were met by Samus, along with Bob, as they stumbled upon them in Brinstar. The Etecoons were the ones who taught her the wall jump ability. The two sentients were later seen trapped in a chamber being flooded by lava and Zebes was destroying itself. Fortunately, thanks to Samus' new powerful beam by the Metroid's sacrifice, she decimated the walls allowing everyone to evacuate to her Gunship and lift off from the doomed planet. After Mainframe restarted, the creatures were safe someplace.
== Trivia ==
* Dachoras, along with the Etecoons, were chosen as one of Ikran's Favorite Animals in Video Games.
== Gallery ==
DachoraSM.webp|Dachoras in Super Metroid
File:Trapped animals.webp|Dachoras trapped with Etecoons
File:Mfusion Etecoon Dachoras.webp|Dachoras and Etecoons in Metroid Fusion
File:DachoraEtecoonFusion.webp|Dachoras with Etecoons at end of Fusion
File:Top 10 Animals in Video Games
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