Jumbo the Elephant
q Jumbo the Elephant 
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| Difficulty | 34 |
| Attacks |
Butt 6d8, Butt 6d8 |
| Base level | 30 |
| Base experience | 1401 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 5 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 3800 |
| Nutritional value | 800 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | petrification |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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Jumbo the Elephant:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line1373 |
Jumbo the Elephant is a unique monster that appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM.
Generation
Jumbo only appears in real zoos, and then only at a depth of dungeon level 39 or lower; specifically, he is generated in a real zoo if rn2(60) + rn2(3*level difficulty) > 175.[1] This probability will never be greater than 1⁄10 or so for the deepest possible zoo.
In SLASH'EM, he is the only unique monster without his own level.
Strategy
As a pet
Given his high base level and damage, Jumbo could make for a decent mid-game pet if you can spare a scroll of taming or a charm monster spell. Unfortunately, he has zero MR, lacks any resistance other than stoning resistance and has no to-hit bonus, so he still has difficulty dealing with enchantment-resistant monsters, such as statue gargoyles, vampires and shadow wolves. He moves at the same base speed as an unburdened and unhasted player character, and is generally inferior as a steed when compared to the ki-rin and Pegasus. His herbivorous diet may also necessitate gathering several fruits and vegetables for him beforehand - the high-damage Jumbo is dangerous to be around when confused from hunger, and hunger-induced HP cuts leave him even more vulnerable.
Origin
Jumbo the Elephant (c. December 25, 1860–September 15, 1885) was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan and exported to the Jardin des Plantes zoo in Paris, then transferred in 1865 to the London Zoo. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. T. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882, where he attained fame as a star of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
The giant elephant left a long-lasting legacy, with the word "jumbo" (meaning "large in size") becoming a common word: Jumbo's shoulder height has been estimated to have been 3.23 metres (10 ft 7 in) at the time of his death, and was claimed to be about 4 m (13 ft 1 in) by Barnum. Another facet of Jumbo's legacy is the 1941 animated film Dumbo, released by Walt Disney Animation Studios and inspired by the story of Jumbo; despite the film being fictional, many people have speculated that Jumbo might have been the title character's father.
