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Yes, yes they can. Most people opt for the less messy approach and use the sunscreen made in a lab, but people and animals have been using simple mud as sunscreen for centuries. Just be sure to get a thick, even coat, and reapply when your mud-screen dries and starts to flake off.
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Do elephants use mud for sunscreen?
Yes infact they do use mud for sun screen!
What are two ways humans use ionic compounds?
salt and sunscreen
Why does pigs lay in mud?
Pigs lie in mud to cool themselves down and to prevent themselves from getting sunburns. Since a pig's skin is so unprotected, just as ours is, they use mud as a sort of completely natural, but utterly smelly, sunscreen.
Do African elephants like to take mud baths?
Yes, the mud acts as a sunscreen, protects from insect bites and helps skin cooling.
Does global warming act like a sunscreen for humans?
No, sunscreen is a very poor analogy for global warming.
Why do elephants have rough skin?
To save themselves from the heat of the sun. They often blow dust on themselves or roll in the mud and use the dirt/mud as sunscreen. The rough skin could be so that dirt sticks to it more easily.
Why do rhinos roll in mud?
The mud helps to keep them cool, and it also kills ticks and lice.
How do you use Jericho in a sentence?
Early humans settled there and made homes that were made of mud bricks.
Are really humans made of mud or sand if not then what are humans made of?
human are made of flesh and bone not mud and sand
Why do pigs enjoy being in mud?
Pigs enjoy being in mud because it is a way to cool down and it also acts as a sunscreen for them. Further, it gets rid of parasites that might be bothering them.
Why do elephants like to roll in mud?
they use it as an insect repellant
Why do the rhinoceroses like mud?
Because (a) it cools the skin, (b) stops ticks biting the animal and (c) acts as a natural sunscreen.
