Species Dossier: The Azgoths of KriaCopy Anchor Link

"Vogon poetry is of course the third worst in the Universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a recitation by their Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem 'Ode To A Small Lump of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning' four of his audience died of internal haemorrhaging, and the President of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by gnawing one of his own legs off."

— The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chapter 7

The Azgoths of Kria are a sapient species native to the planet Kria, famous throughout the Galaxy as the creators of the second worst poetry in the Universe—ranking directly between the late Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Earth (first worst) and the Vogons (third worst).

Cultural & Anatomical PeculiaritiesCopy Anchor Link

• Lethal Recitations: Azgothian verse is so physically devastating to sentient listeners that a single recitation by their Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent (Ode To A Small Lump of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning) killed four audience members by internal haemorrhaging and drove the President of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council to gnaw one of his own legs off in order to survive.
• Autonomous Visceral Intervention: Azgothian internal organs possess a higher moral and aesthetic sensibility than the Azgothian cerebral cortex. When Grunthos expressed disappointment at his audience's reaction and prepared to read his twelve-book epic My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles, his own major intestine leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain in a desperate attempt to save life and civilization.