Elephant families gather along the banks of the Great Ruaha River on hot afternoons to bathe, drink and socialise. It is a time of fun and relaxation

---

Elephant families gather along the banks of the Great Ruaha River on hot afternoons to bathe, drink and socialise. It is a time of fun and relaxation from the arduous daily routine of feeding

---

Size: 5500px × 3072px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adaptation, africa, african, africana, afrotheria, bathing, behaviour, browser, care, cites, collective, communication, conflict, dentition, drinking, ears, elephant, elephantidae, evolution, gestation, gland, great, heat, hide, illegal, infra-sound, interaction, ivory, knowledge, land, largest, longest, loxodonta, mammal, man, maternal, matriarchal, mega-herbivore, muscles, musth, national, pachyderm, park, placental, proboscidae, proboscis, relaxing, river, ruaha, safari, shedding, skin, sociable, society, tactile, tanzania, temporal, thermoregulation, trade, trunk, tusks, vegetarian, vertebrate, wildlife