Watch This Mega Elephant Treat Itself to Full-Body Mud Bath Spa Treatment

We’ve all probably heard about getting a mud face mask. It helps to clear up our clogged pores and has us walking away feeling more refreshed than before. Well, what about a mud bath from head to toe? Where this might seem odd to us, this is a very normal occurrence for animals in the wild, such as elephants, buffalos, rhinos, and warthogs, to name a few. Let’s see this mega elephant enjoy a mud bath all on his own in the video below.

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Elephant Sighting in Africa

Africam YouTube channel brought us this next video located at the top. They are located in Africa’s most remote locations. And where we would not normally be able to see how these animals live their lives in private, because of nature cameras set up 24 hours a day, we are able. The Africam team shares that “The cameras capture the big five, predators, exceptional migratory birds, and rare wildlife.”

Elephant Mud Bath

At the start of this video clip, shown at the top, we see this elephant in this muddy water. He flings his trunk and shakes his legs. Every part of his body is now be covered in mud. And just when you think he hasn’t had enough, by the end of the video clip, we see him grabbing a whole trunk full. He is likely to continue immersing himself.

The number one reason that elephants use mud to cover their bodies is to protect them from the scorching heat in Africa on their leather-type skin. “To cool down, even more, elephants will spray mud or water behind their ears. This allows the circulating blood to cool down faster as an elephant can pump all its blood through its ears every 20 minutes.”

Not only did this mud bath protect this elephant from the heat, but it also protected him from insects as well. Just as we walk away feeling refreshed, this animal will too.

Where are Elephants Most Populous?

Elephants (Elephantidae) of the order Proboscidea. They can be found in Africa and Asia. There are estimated to be fewer than 500,000 elephants left in their population. They are not considered to be threatened or endangered in any way.

Botswana has the most elephants. There are estimated to be anywhere from 130,000 to 300,000 elephants that reside in that African country alone.

Elephants Without Borders reportedly had their first facility in Botswana. They continue to remain dedicated to the rescue, care, and reintroduction of African elephants there. And yes, there are even reports of elephants there in Botswana being able to enjoy their luxury mud baths there as well!