Mother nature, the parent teacher!

A while back we visited the Addo Elephant National Park. As part of our blog mission, the aim is to do posts about fauna and flora, mixed in with our parenting experiences.

This post seems more a lesson from mother nature on bathing your young and what to teach them. This is something to share with our friends. We will describe the process....

Actor: Addo Elephant

Setting: Some waterhole

Lesson: Bathing

[caption id="attachment_218" align="aligncenter" width="474"] First, you wash sides, one side[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_219" align="aligncenter" width="474"] then the other...[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_221" align="aligncenter" width="474"] At least twice![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_215" align="aligncenter" width="474"] then the belly..[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_217" align="aligncenter" width="474"] followed by the back[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_220" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Face[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_216" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Mouth[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_223" align="aligncenter" width="474"] and never forget, was behind the ears![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_222" align="aligncenter" width="474"] both ears![/caption]

Lesson done! Happy bathing.

It was fun to watch and we hope you enjoy this with us. Afterwards they went off to look for dinner...

[caption id="attachment_214" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Bathing done, time to look for dinner.[/caption]