Klein & Hubert / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing on floodplains, Chobe River, Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephants (Elephas maximus), dust bathing at dawn. Jim Corbett National Park, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) male taking dust bath. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

Bence Mate / Eurasian bee eater (Merops apiaster) dust bathing in sand, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May.

Klein & Hubert / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Chobe National Park, Botswana

Klein & Hubert / Domestic Provence donkeys dust bathing, France.

Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull dust-bathing, Chyulu Hills, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August.

Lisa Hoffner / Orphan elephant (Loxodonta africana) flings red dirt during its daily dust bath. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi Elephant Nursery, Kenya, April 2007.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Scaled quail pair dust bathing {Callipepla squamata} Texas, USA

Anup Shah / Common zebra rolling on back having dust bath {Equus quagga} Masai Mara NR Kenya

Richard Du Toit / African elephant sprays itself with mud {Loxodonta africana} Linyanti, Botswana, Southern Africa. The mud-pack, when dry, forms a hard crust that deters insect attacks.

Peter Blackwell / Common zebra rolling at sunset / dusk {Equus quagga} Amboseli NP, Kenya, East Africa

Anup Shah / Baby African elephant dust bathing {Loxodonta africana}, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Tony Heald / African elephant dust bathing Kruger N P, South Africa

Jim Brandenburg / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) group taking dust bath, Namibia

Donald M. Jones / American Bison (Bison bison) dust bathing, National Bison Range, Montana

Kevin Schafer / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) throwing sand onto its back, Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India

Jim Brandenburg / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) taking a dust bath, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Mike Read / American bison (Bos bison) jumping in dust bath, Slough Creek Road, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June.

Sylvain Cordier / RF-Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) dust bathing. Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free)

Tony Heald / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

Erlend Haarberg / Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) dust bathing, Svalbard, Norway, July.

John Chan / Shore lark (Eremophila alpestris) dust bathing, Southern California, USA, November

Klein & Hubert / African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) having a dust bath. Chobe National Park, Botswana. Small repro only.

Mike Read / Common skylark (Alauda arvensis) dust bathing, beside Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, May

Will Burrard-Lucas / Black and white image of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull dust bathing, Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya. Taken with a remote camera buggy / BeetleCam. Editorial use only. Other uses need clea...

Will Burrard-Lucas / Black and white image of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull dust bathing, Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya. Taken with a remote camera buggy / BeetleCam. Editorial use only. Other uses need clea...

Jack Dykinga / Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) dust-bathing, Catalina State Park, Arizona, Sonoran Desert, USA. August.

Axel Gomille / Tiger (Panthera tigris), rolling on back and relaxing after feeding, Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India.

Robin Chittenden / Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) female dust bathing. Sri Lanka.

Jim Manthorpe / American bison (Bison bison) dust bathing, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, August.

Emanuele Biggi / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dusting in the dry savannah, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Nick Garbutt / Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) dust bathing. Indus Valley, Ladakh, India.

Nick Garbutt / Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) dust bathing. Indus Valley, Ladakh, India.

Doug Wechsler / Rufous-headed chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera) dust-bathing, Buenaventura Ecological Reserve, Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Rufous-headed chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera) dust-bathing, Buenaventura Ecological Reserve, Ecuador.

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana), bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance, Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance (Loxodonta africana), Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance, Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance, Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Denis-Huot / Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli granti) resting and taking a dust bath, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Todd Mintz / Bison (Bison bison) dust bathing, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Christophe Courteau / Desert dwelling African elephants (Loxodonta africana) having dust bath in Damaraland, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) male having a dust bath, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) having dust bath, Namibia.