This evening – just before sunset – I have watched an Elephant bull having a great time at a muddy waterhole.
He first drank a bit of water from one of the remaining puddles (this waterhole will be dry soon, if no new rain arrives), followed by a proper mud-wallow.
To my surprise he then proceeded to have a nap for about 10 minutes lying very still in the cooling wet.
Once he finished with his ‘spa treatment’ he proceeded to throw sand on himself, before returning to peaceful gazing away from the water.
Technical data for all three images: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240mm | ISO 4000 | 1/750sec | f6.7 | ev+0 | 240mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | cropped
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Thanks Christian for sharing these beautiful pictures and explanation. We look forward to them every day.
Patrick