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The pak'ma'ra are a fictional race of aliens in the Babylon 5 universe. They do not feature heavily in any storylines, partly on the pretext that other species avoid them because they are, for religious reasons, dedicated carrion eaters. The pak'ma'ra are generally considered stupid and lazy by members of other races, who are also generally disgusted by their eating habits. Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ...
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Humanoid in form, the pak'ma'ra have tentacles around a mouth cavity containing an inflexible beak, somewhat reminiscent of the mind flayers of Dungeons & Dragons, or the fictional entity Cthulhu. They rely on machine translation for interspecific communication. However, Durhan commented once that they refuse to learn any other language than their own. They are capable of singing what is considered extremely beautiful music, but only do so on religious holidays.[1] The iconic Illithid Mindflayer from Dungeons & Dragons. ...
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Until its dissolution, the pak'ma'ra were members of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, with an ambassador on Babylon 5. They then became members of the Interstellar Alliance. The pak'ma'ra took on the role as couriers for the IAS Rangers because of the distaste other species had for them, and their tendency to be on every major world in numbers but be ignored. The League of Non-Aligned Worlds is a fictional collection of races in the Babylon 5 universe. ...
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The pak'ma'ra were one of the few other races to be susceptible to the Drafa Plague, though, unlike the Markab, their numbers were not threatened by Second Outbreak in 2259. The Drafa Plague is a disease from the fictional Babylon 5 universe that was responsible for the virtual extinction of the Markab race in 2259. ...
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Diet Pak'ma'ra believe themselves a chosen and superior people, and their ability to consume any other of the sentient species is a sign of this.
The most commonly referenced aspect of the pak'ma'ra in the series is their diet of carrion, which all other major species consider repugnant. They are fond of eating the corpses of sentient species, and it has been insinuated they will steal bodies in order to do so (Although this might just be a rumor based on other species' xenophobia). Due to their eating habits, pak'ma'ra have shown themselves incredibly resistant to food poisoning and disease from rotten meat. However, they are easily nauseated by things outside their preferred diet - to the point of projectile vomiting.
This last was seen in the opening segment episode "Secrets of the Soul" (S5E07). When Doctor Stephen Franklin was examining a Pak'ma'ra as part of the ISA medical program. The Pak'ma'ra confided to him that according to their beliefs they "Pak'ma'ra are chosen of God. Very special, we can eat of all the creatures who walk and fly and crawl, but not of the fish in the sea." After this Stephen let the Pak'ma'Ra swallow an anorganic compound to explore its digestive system, with the known result.
References - ^ "Sleeping in Light". Babylon 5.
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