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In the context of Social Play, typically while sitting or kneeling, or when Mud-Wallowing or Bathing in deep water, raising the head vertically and then tossing the trunk high in the air and allowing it to flop down over and onto the head.

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As Big Mama exists a mud wallow she raises her trunk and flops it on her head. This is not a particularly good example of this behavior, as although it is often associated with mud-wallowing, it is more often in a clear association with play - for example, in a mud-wallow or in the water. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)