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Having a dust bath

Wild South Africa

Kruger National Park

 

Mare and her foal rolling in the dust in the warm afternoon sun. Animals may dust bathe for a good scratch and to relieve themselves of the irritation of parasites, such as ticks and fleas which may come off as the animal rubs its body against the ground and rolls on its sides and back.

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Uploaded on March 21, 2020
Taken on March 20, 2020