African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull dust bathing

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A mature bull African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) uses his trunk to toss scoop full of dust over himself after a bath in the river to help with cooling his body and controlling exoparasites

Photographer: Nick Greaves