An elephant will most likely use its trunk to spray mud all over the body usually covering the back of the ears first as this is where the heat loss is most efficient. Sometimes that process takes to long or they just feel it is more enjoyable and fun to just get down in the mud rolling and kicking as they lie down, the younger elephants tend to do this more than the adults. #elephants #redelephants #tsavoelephants #davidsheldrickwildlifetrust #saveelephants (at Tsavo National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_hYTD_A1UI/?igshid=ydfexp9ia56z

The main threats to t1he continued survival of the African elephants are: • Poaching and the ivory trade • The loss and fragmentation of the land elephants inhabit • Humans and elephants in conflict • Legal population control (culling, sterilisation, birth control) #tsavoeastnationalpark #tsavoelephants #elephantfactsoftheday #ivorybelongstoelephants #ivoryforelephant #stoppoachingourelephants (at Tsavo East National Park, Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4eSnQeA9gH/?igshid=bqij67ngnuiv