Grasping and lifting or uprooting vegetation, a rock or other object with the distal portion of the trunk and using movement of the entire trunk to throw or fling (underhand) the object in the direction of an opponent or predator. This behavior may also be observed in Social Play. An elephant's aim can be very accurate even at some distance. All age/sex groups except infants may be observed to Throw-Debris.
A young male has been mud-wallowing. He stands in the mud wallow and picks up a rock and throws it out of the wallow. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)
