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VIDEO: Elephants in San Diego enjoy slippery mud bath after rare rain

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Posted at 7:04 AM, Nov 22, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-22 07:38:56-05

SAN DIEGO — A little wet weather made for a muddy slip-n-slide for elephants at the San Diego Zoo.

The playful pachyderms were splishing and splashing, rolling over and taking mud baths.

According to its website, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is home to nine African bush elephants -- three adults and six calves -- of various ages.

Elephants in San Diego enjoy slippery mud bath after rare rain

The newest calves -- one male and one female -- were born in 2018.

Elephants can live into their 50s in the wild and in zoos.