Ferengi ears are their main erogenous zones, and the size of their earlobes is something they brag about. Quark is taller than the average Ferengi male at 5' 6" (1.68m), but is otherwise typical of his kind with an enlarged skull, deeply-grooved nose, sharp pointed teeth and large lobes (ears). The elder son of Keldar and Ishka, Quark left home as soon as he became an adult, following rule #75 'Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum' to the letter. Non-Trekkers who saw him on the street must have thought they were having a close encounter of the fourth kind! Quark
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A family emergency call once meant that Shimerman had to leave the film studio in full Ferengi get-up. The Ferengi host was played by human actor Armin Shimerman using a full-head prosthetic appliance. Quark made his name on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, although he made a concurrent appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation. One particular Ferengi, Quark, is a risk-taking entrepreneuring wheeler-dealer exhibiting an eclectic mix of hard taskmaster and compassionate soft touch - for example he'll cream off 30% of his workers' tips but then he'll sell food (illegally) to refugees at cost. Their sexist culture is dominated by the males who abide by the Rules of Acquisition, the first (and obviously most important) of which is: 'Once you have their money, you never give it back.' They are the second-hand car salesmen of the universe, and their idea of Heaven is the 'Divine Treasury'. The Ferengi, who hail from the planet Ferenginar, are a race whose main aim in life is to make profit. Without them, there wouldn't be much of a show! Some aliens are war-like and permanently angry, like the Klingons others are more peaceful. The science fiction world of Star Trek features many alien races.