Wallowing

Wallowing is often combined with other behaviours to fulfil its purpose; for example, elephants will often blow dirt over themselves after wallowing to create a thicker "coating", or pigs will allow the mud to dry before rubbing themselves on a tree or rock to remove ectoparasites stuck in the mud.

Adult pigs under natural or free-range conditions can often be seen to wallow when air temperature exceeds 20 °C.

When indoors and hot, domestic pigs often attempt to wallow on wet floor surfaces and in the dunging areas.

[7] The Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus Sumatrensis) spends a large part of its day wallowing.

When mud holes are unavailable, the rhino will deepen puddles with its feet and horns.