Starfleet Records: Ferengi Species. Culture: #ferengi The Rules of Acquisition provided advice that all good Ferengi followed, to lead a profitable life. For example, the first Rule of Acquisition was "Once you have their money, you never give it back." The Ferengi were very good financiers; on one occasion Quark even helped his Klingon ex-wife. | Starfleet Command

Starfleet Records: Ferengi Species. Biology: #ferengi The most distinctive feature of the Ferengi is their large external ears (called "lobes"), which grant them extremely acute hearing, sensitive enough to identify a person's species and gender, even through electronic distortion, atmospheric changes, or altitude variations. Sources: DS9: "The Darkness and the Light" and "Starship Down" | Starfleet Command

Starfleet Records: Ferengi species. Biology #ferengi On average, Ferengi were shorter than Humans. Externally, they had orange-brown colored skin, blue fingernails and long blue toenails, enlarged skulls, wrinkled noses, and sharp teeth. | Starfleet Command

Starfleet Records: Ferengi species. Culture: #ferengi However, the Ferengi managed to avoid many of the worst aspects of an evolving culture and their social history was notable for the absence of atrocities such as slavery or genocide, a distinction the Ferengi felt made them morally superior (though their definition of "slavery" clearly did not extend to their treatment of women). | Starfleet Command

Starfleet Records: Ferengi Species. Culture: #ferengi This tendency led to the slow merging of business and political fields in Ferengi culture, and that influence was evident in the near-universal application of the Rules of Acquisition, as both a personal and financial code of ethics. | Starfleet Command

Starfleet Records: Ferengi Species. Culture: #ferengi The drive for individual gain in Ferengi society led to inventions that spread across many species of the galaxy. Examples included such diverse items as holosuites, synthehol and the popular drink Slug-o-Cola. Sources: DS9: "Body Parts", "Profit and Lace". | Starfleet Command