# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfb3hJyuNzL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11680153-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/a105b14b03.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-06-30T16:03:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photos by Pete McBride pedromcbride | Like kids in a sandbox, elephants shower themselves with dirt. They use their trunks to gather sand in cooler weather, or mud in warmer weather, and toss it over themselves for sun protection and as a natural bug repellant. For more from Africa, follow pedromcbride. #elephants #wildlife #conservation #nature #Africa #petemcbride

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## Tags

conservation, nature, africa, elephants, wildlife, petemcbride

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