WILD ELEPHANTS WALLOWING 
Quite unexpectedly the author found himself face to face with an elephant just fresh from his mud bath in the 
hole beyond (right background) and now approaching his mate still enjoying a wallow. Elephants rest standing, 
or leaning against tree trunks, and it has often been disputed whether African elephants ever lie down or wallow. 
This unique photograph, taken from a high ant-hill which also served as a screen, settles authoritatively an 
interesting point in their life history. 
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