An elephant was a large animal native to the African and Asian continents on Earth. They were noted for their characteristic prehensile trunk. (TOS novel: The Rift)

An old human joke ended with the line, "We can't kill a whole elephant for just one steak." David Rabin paraphrased this line while he and Spock were stranded in the desert of Obsidian, instead referring to a boktarik, a native reptile. (TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge)

Hikaru Sulu explained to anyone interested in carving that elephants produced ivory. (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)

When Harry Mudd's wish-fulfilling artifact known as the Nanny brought the USS Enterprise crew to his planet, the artifact started granting wishes of various crewmembers. Pavel Chekov accidentally wished up an elephant. (TOS comic: "Mudd's Magic!")

By 2294, James T. Kirk thought of himself as a white elephant. (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)

External linksEdit

• Elephant article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Elephant article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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