reasons mastodon elephant is named florence:
1. starts with F which stands for federation
2. it's a good name
3. i called dibs on naming her (source: https://cybre.space/@HTHR/99951363560744353)
4. she looks like a florence
@HTHR I feel personally honored to hear that the Mastodon elephant mascot is named after my maternal grandmother Florence, who was born on the first of July 1900 and lived through most of 1999, assuring me that there would be no Y2K problem.