In order to not get sunburnt, to keep insect away and control their body temperature elephants cover themselves with mud. Indeed, elephants have very small sweat glands so don’t really sweat, which is a usual way to cool your body. So, they are using a very old secrecy of their grandmothers… Mud!! And obviously these 2 ladies in project 4 have chosen the maxi protection! To have more news about our elephants, check our website: www.thaielephantrefuge.org.
