An elephant advances through the thick scrub that surrounds a favourite waterhole where he will drink and cool down with a wallow and mud bath


An elephant advances through the thick scrub that surrounds a favourite waterhole where he will drink and cool down with a wallow and mud bath


Size: 5000px × 3333px
Location: Katavi National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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