Elephant Heaven
Signed, limited edition
Published 1975
Image Size 17.5" x 38"
Mint condition.
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"Elephant Heaven"
A day in the life of a jumbo is not complete without a good long drink and, ideally, this should be followed by a mud 'wallow'.

When the stupefying heat of an African mid-day has begun to give way to the cool of the evening, whole families of elephants can be seen
making their leisurely way to the nearest water.After the drinking is over, then playtime begins. Nothing more satisfying to a hot jumbo
than a cool mudbath. Youngsters wallow, slide and cavort, standing on their heads, lying on their sides and generally getting into anatomically
impossible positions.

But there is a practical side to all this too-it is nature's way of keeping the thick folds of an elephant's skin free from ticks and parasites. The
mudbath is often followed by a visit to the dustbath-dusting down with cool, dry earthis the equivalent of talcum powder to an elephant.

The whole process may take upto an hour or so and is the time for relaxation before the jumbos get on with the more serious business of
feeding throughout the African night.

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