Re: OT: Why elefant?

"Daniel Seichter" <daniel@dseichter.de> writes:
>> I've thought that it has to do with memory.  You know - an elephant
>> never forgets, and a good database never forgets!  Sorry no public
>> text.
> Thank you and all others, I thought it has deep religious roots, but when I remember me to my
> last seen documentations about elephants (in german it is Elefant, so please excuse me for
> the "f") they really never forget where they where born, where there is water,.....

BTW, I always thought "elephants never forget" was just a nursery tale,
but apparently there is some scientific evidence for elephants having
long memories.  Googling turned up this for instance:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1285532.stm

            regards, tom lane