The African bull elephant is a creature appearing on the Jungle Cruise.
Description[]
The African bull elephant is a variant of African elephant inhabiting the jungles along the Nile river in North Africa's African Veldt.
History[]
Background[]
Appearances[]
Attractions[]
Elephant tusks used as chess-pieces by skippers[1]
Jungle Cruise[]
The bull elephant is encountered in the jungles along the Nile river. In the Amazon River Base, the elephant appears on a mural advertisement for the Jungle Navigation Company. A removed element from Disneyland's Jungle Cruise queue were the tips of elephant tusks being used by skippers as chess pieces.
Jungle River Cruise[]
Jungle River Cruise: Curse of the Emerald Trinity[]
The bull elephant appeared attacking the boats of the guests after they stole one of the Emerald Trinity jewels.
Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room[]
Clyde and Claude mention encountering the bull elephant in the pre-show for the Magic Kingdom's Enchanted Tiki Room.
Video-games[]
Minecraft[]
The Magic Kingdom DLC for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition had the two bull elephants appear in the Jungle Cruise.
Concept-art showing elephant tusks
Trivia[]
- Concept art by Marc Davis shows an unused design for the entrance to Disneyland's Jungle Cruise boathouse which would have featured a pair of African elephant tusks with designs carved into them.
- Names attributed to the elephants have included: "Skippy", "Speedy" and "Dumbo".[2]
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