WATCH: Forget skinny dipping... Blackpool Zoo's latest residents are taking up chunky dunking!
Tara the elephant has been cooling off during the heatwave
Chunky dunking seems to be the new skinny dipping!
Three tonne Tara from Blackpool Zoo has a great way to cool down in the heat wave.
The Asian elephant, who was one of two new residents to arrive at 'Project Elephant' earlier this year, has been taking a dip in her new outdoor pool.
It can hold a whopping 19,163 of water and is filled with rainwater.
Adam Kenyon, Head of Elephants at Blackpool Zoo, said: “As you can see from the footage, elephants love water and are excellent divers!
“We have all been watching Tara swim around under water and pop her trunk up like a snorkel to breathe - she really has been having a whale of a time!
“Despite their size elephants can swim easily as they are quite buoyant with strong legs and feet that they can splay to help them along their way!
“Tara loves nothing more than a swim before enjoying a cooling dust bath in the hot weather - which is truly a sight to behold!”
Blackpool Zoo’s Project Elephant Base Camp opened in Spring after Tara and Minbu moved from Twycross Zoo to join resident Asian elephant Kate.
Two more, mother and daughter Noorjahan and Esha are set to make the 150-mile, cross-country journey later in the year. The search is on to find a suitable bull elephant to complete the herd