
- "You would not think, to look at an elephant, that it can even run at all. But believe me, an elephant can move out when it needs to. Elephants can go twenty-five miles an hour, faster than the fastest human runner. But there is a problem with elephants, too. They are huge. Too huge to dodge and twist. Too huge to hide."
- ―Rachel
The African elephant is Earth's largest land mammal that was acquired by Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Ax and Judy, with Rachel and Judy using it as battle morphs.
Acquiring[]
In The Invasion, set in 1997,[1] Rachel acquired[2] an African bull elephant[3] at The Gardens, making it the very first animal she acquired as well as her first morph.[2] Months later, Tobias, Cassie and Ax also acquired African elephants in The Solution.[4] In The Ultimate, set three years later in 2000, Judy, one of the Auxiliary Animorphs, acquired an African elephant as well.[5]
Usage[]

Rachel in her elephant morph
The African elephant was Rachel's original battle morph, and the morph she used during her very first visit to the Yeerk Pool. The morph was useful as it allowed her to use her trunk to toss humans and Hork-Bajir while also being able to run over and crush Taxxons.[2] However, due to the trouble in mobility and agility that the elephant possessed,[6] Rachel wished to replace it. In The Stranger, Rachel acquired a grizzly bear morph which became her new main battle morph, at which point the elephant was demoted as her secondary battle morph[7] Tobias, Ax and Cassie also used African elephant morphs during their attack on the Marriott Resort to destroy a world leaders summit.[4] Judy, one of the Auxiliary Animorphs, also used the elephant as her battle morph.[5]
Appearances[]
- The Invasion (acquired and morphed by Rachel)
- The Visitor (partially morphed by Rachel)
- The Encounter (morphed by Rachel)
- The Predator (morphed by Rachel)
- The Capture (morphed by Rachel)
- The Andalite's Gift (morphed by Rachel)
- The Stranger (morphed by Rachel)
- The Android (mentioned)
- The Reaction (accidentally morphed by Rachel)
- The Escape (mentioned)
- The Underground (morphed by Rachel)
- The Decision (mentioned)
- In the Time of Dinosaurs (mentioned)
- The Departure (morphed by Rachel)
- The Discovery (mentioned)
- The Solution (acquired by Cassie, Tobias and Ax; morphed by Rachel, Tobias, Cassie and Ax)
- The Pretender (morphed by Rachel)
- The Exposed (morphed by Rachel)
- Elfangor's Secret (morphed by Rachel)
- The Prophecy (mentioned)
- The Arrival (mentioned)
- The Other (morphed by Rachel)
- Back to Before (mentioned)
- The Journey (morphed by Rachel/cover morph)
- The Unexpected (mentioned)
- The Return (mentioned)
- The Diversion (morphed by Rachel)
- The Ultimate (acquired and morphed by Judy)
- The Sacrifice (morphed by Rachel)
- The Answer (morphed by Rachel)
- The Beginning (mentioned)
Known Morphers[]
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ The Andalite Chronicles is said to take place 10 years after the 1966 Yeerk exodus of The Hork-Bajir Chronicles and 21 years before Elfangor met the Animorphs. This places it in 1976, meaning the Animorphs met Elfangor in 1997.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Invasion
- ↑ Elfangor's Secret
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Solution
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Ultimate
- ↑ The Andalite's Gift
- ↑ The Stranger