All about SPOO...

When first asked the question, "What is Spoo?", J. Michael Straczynski,
the creator of the science fiction show "Babylon 5", responded:

	"Spoo is.  What else can one say about spoo?"  [jms]

Later, he told us what else one can say:


>Message: #69437, S/5  Babylon 5
>Date:    Thu, Jan 5, 1995 1:28:19 AM
>Subject: #68886-Spoo!
>From:    J. Michael Straczynski 71016,1644
>To:      Philip Hornsey 74053,2101
>Reply:   #69462 (3 replies)
>
>     Spoo is/are (the plural of spoo is spoo) small, white, pasty,
>mealy critters, rather worm-like, and generally regarded as the
>ugliest animals in the known galaxy by just about every sentient
>species capable of starflight, with the possible exception of the
>pak'ma'ra, who would simply recommend a more rigorous program of
>exercise.  They are also generally considered the most delicious food
>in all of known space, regardless of the individual's biology, almost
>regardless of species, except for the pak'ma'ra, who like the flavor
>but generally won't say so simply to be contrary.
>
>     Spoo are raised on ranches on worlds with a damp, moist, somewhat
>chilly climate so that their skin can acquire just the right shade of
>paleness.  Spoo travel in herds, if moving a total of six inches in
>any given direction in the course of a given year can actually be
>considered moving.  They stay in herds ostensibly for mutual
>protection, but the reality is that if they weren't propped up against
>one another, most of them would simply fall down.  
>
>     Mainly, they sigh.  Herds of sighing spoo can reportedly induce
>unparalleled bouts of depression, which is why most spoo ranchers wear
>earmuffs even when it's only mildly cold, damp, wet and dreary
>outside.  If there is any life-or-death struggle for dominance within
>the spoo herd, it has not yet been detected by modern science.
> 
>     Spoo are the only creatures of which the Interstellar Animal
>Rights Protection League says, simply, "Kill 'em."
>