Why Elephant has a Trunk is the first episode of Tinga Tinga Tales. You see there was a time when Elephant had no trunk, in fact he had a very small and stubby nose. He couldn't swat away flies, or scrub his body, so he was very pongy indeed. Then one day, Crocodile bit Elephant on the end of his stubby nose and he had to get help from the other animals! Elephant's nose became all long and wiggly! Elephant decided to call his new nose a Trunk and from that day on he can scrub and swat away the f