Binta and Lottie cooling down in the mud

Feeding time at the Elephant Nature Park, Thailand

These guys and gals know how to eat!

This hyena was just lounging in a small mud hole, relaxing in the late morning sun.

Lottie dunking her head into the mud

An elephant taking a mudbath

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Male White Rhino Otto

Binta enjoying a mud wallow

Did we mention the mud? Turned out we'd taken a wrong turn here so this mudbath wasn't even necessary!

John Ed and Patsy led a host of friends through the Cavan wilderness in the rain. A wonderful mudbath was had by all.

Mud, glorious mud

tongue head! to the beat of fluff head!

Tanzania

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More randomness from the weekend at Riverrock

Dead Sea, Jordan-Mud baths and floating at the Dead Sea

Jim Corbett Tiger, Reserve, India.

This shows the mud bath and steaming mass of the Drive-In Volcano and Sulfur Springs of Soufrière in Saint Lucia. This area reminded me of Yellowstone National Park. The guide did a good job explaining the natural phenomena. What I remembered was the guide who fell into the pit and got second degree burns. That is why tourists can no longer get close to the pit.

Muddy elephant. near Skukuza in Kruger Nat'l Park, South Africa

(grey winter days make for revisiting photo archives) Oct 6 09 8055

Bronze-hued Black Rhinoceros, skin toned from long afternoons in the tropical mudbaths at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. No word on whether he rights wrongs or punishes evil zoo-goers. And, no, this is not where the leather for bronzed baby shoes comes from.

July 28, 2012

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Lake Koysegiz on route to the mudbath from Dalyan

It is told, even the ancient Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, frequented the mudbaths of Dalyan regularly.

Jerry, JPH, Holly in mudbath, Dalyan

White Rhino Emily wallowing in the mud

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Female White Rhino Binta cooling down in the mud wallow

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Binta enjoying a mud wallow