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

Thomas Marent / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird bathing, Bogota, Colombia

Will Burrard-Lucas / Black and white image of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) mud bathing, Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya. Editorial use only.

Kim Taylor / Slow motion clip of a male Common blackbird (Turdus merula) bathing in a birdbath, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaque being groomed in hot thermal spring {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan

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 bathing at sunset. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

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

Wim van den Heever / Egytian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) rear view bathing, sings spread, Zimanga Private Game Reserves, South Africa

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

David Pattyn / European flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) bathing Camargue, France, May.