Normally, white elephant is a metaphor for something useless or overly expensive but these stunning pictures show an African elephant PAINTED WHITE and covered in mud. The incredible pictures were snapped by Namibian amateur photographer Schalk van der Merwe in the Etosha national park. They show the elephant, flanked by zebras, drinking over a waterhole covered in mud glistening white in the sun.
PIC FROM SCHALK VAN DER MERWE / CATERS NEWS / ANIMAL PRESS *** Local Caption ***
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