African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana, Africa

African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), taking a dust bath, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), taking a dust bath, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), taking a dust bath, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

An adult Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), taking a dust bath with its trunk, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, Asia

African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), taking a dust bath in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at dust bath, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at dust bath, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Koinachas waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Koinachas waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) covers with dust, behavior, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Koinachas waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Koinachas waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

African Elephant bull (Loxodonta africana) in the morning light, coloured by red earth, Tsavo West, Kenya, Africa

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young animal at a dust bath, in the backtwo giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis), waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Koinachas waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus), adult male taking dust bath, Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka, Asia

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Koinachas waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) sunset. Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

African Bush Elephant or Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) standing on the savannah throwing dust over itself at Segera, Segera, Laikipia, Kenya

An African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is throwing dust over itself with its trunk on a bare earth slope with trees in the background under a clear sky. It has mud stains on its trunk, and the dust is exploding in a cloud against its wrinkled grey skin. Shot with a Nikon D810 in Chobe National Park; Botswana

Young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) throwing sand over head in Chobe National Park, Botswana

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) throwing earth over its head, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Male African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) has dust bath, Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp, Serengeti National Park; Tanzania

Close-up of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) enjoying dust bath, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

An elephant, Loxodonta africana, dust bathing.

An elephant herd, Loxodonta africana, have a dust bath, sand on their backs, trunks in the air, dusty air, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi), in the savannah, Dust bath to remove parasites, dry savannah, Laïkipia County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Asian or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), dust bath, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India

Asian or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), dust bath, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India

Asian or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), dust bath, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India