# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb0CprpDQMi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16450378-gettyimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/7a9be5b2a5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-11-22T21:47:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

Elephants' trunks are used like a hose to spray water across the body. To help protect the skin from parasites and biting insects, elephants wallow in mud or spray dust on their wet skin. | 📷: GettyImagesCreative | #GettyWild #BeKindToElephants

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## Tags

gettywild, bekindtoelephants

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