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.

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

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

Gavin Hellier / Colourful beach bathing huts at Muizenburg, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

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

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.

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

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

Christophe Courteau / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing in the dry Hoanib River, Damaraland, Namibia.