今天（6月10日）的中雨，为不断迁徙的云南断鼻象群带来了别样的惊喜。它们在云南玉溪市易门县十街乡的着母旧村找到了一处天然的户外“浴室”，淌泥水、糊泥脸，在泥汤里滚来滚去……视频中还可以看到，大象互相搓背，小象泥汤里甩鼻糊脸，象群玩的是不亦乐乎。

Today's (June 10) moderate rain has brought a different surprise to the migrating Yunnan elephant group. They found a natural outdoor "bathroom" in zhumujiu village, Shijie Township, Yimen County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province. They dribbled muddy water, pasted their faces, and rolled around in the mud soup... In the video, we can also see that elephants rubbed each other's backs, and the little elephants threw their noses in the mud soup to paste their faces.

不少网友看到这一幕后也是纷纷表示，真的是玩的太欢乐了。

Many netizens see this behind the scenes also have said, really play too happy.

今年4月，有两头大象在玉溪的农户家里喝了烤酒，之后便脱离大部队，结伴回了普洱。离队的最根本的原因是——他们是两头成年公象，本就不属于象群。大象通常生活在母系社会族群中，由一头祖母级的母象带领。小象从出生开始，就是由它的妈妈姨姨和姥姥照顾。

In April this year, two elephants had a toast at Yuxi's farmer's home, then left the army and went back to Pu'er together. The most fundamental reason for leaving the team is that they are two adult male elephants, which do not belong to the elephant group. Elephants usually live in a matriarchal society, led by a grandmother. Since the baby elephant was born, it was taken care of by its mother, aunt and grandmother.

学术上，这种族群被称为“聚合分离型”，母子关系是核心。族群的外围是松散游荡的年轻公象，随着年龄增长而愈发独立。而成年和老年公象都是独来独往的。这是大象避免近亲繁殖的一种机制。

Academically, this kind of ethnic group is called "aggregation separation type", and the relationship between mother and child is the core. On the periphery of the group are young males, who are loose and wandering, and become more independent with age. Adult and old male elephants are solitary. It's a mechanism by which elephants avoid inbreeding.

再来看象群整体，时至今日，我们都无法准确地知晓大象为何而来，最终又要去往何方。人们提出过各种猜想，太阳磁暴影响、栖息地生境破碎、头象缺乏经验导致迷路……

Let's look at the whole elephant group. Up to now, we can't know exactly why elephants come and where they will go. People have put forward various conjectures, such as the impact of solar magnetic storms, habitat fragmentation, lack of experience of head elephants, leading to lost

而网友们最偏爱“头象迷路说”。年轻领导嘛，有干劲有闯劲，但缺了点经验。虽然浪漫的拟人叙事惹人遐思，但这种讲法并不准确。

And netizens are most partial to "head elephant lost said.". Young leaders are energetic and aggressive, but they lack some experience. Although romantic anthropomorphic narrative is thought-provoking, it is not accurate.

“断鼻”这一族生活在保护区里，应当是在周边栖息地没有足够生存资源的情况下，头象想带着他们寻找新的生存空间。连目的地都谈不上有，又怎么能说是“迷路”呢？

The "broken nose" people live in the nature reserve. It should be that the elephant head wants to lead them to find a new living space when there are not enough living resources in the surrounding habitat. Even if there is no destination, how can it be said to be "lost"?

无论大象出走的原因为何，在面对《南方周末》的记者采访时，云南大学的教授吴兆录表示，这都是一场“悲剧”。“对大象是悲剧，对没日没夜守着大象的人来说也是悲剧。自然界中，没有一个物种想毅然决然地离开故土。”

Whatever the reason for the elephant's departure, Wu Zhaolu, a professor at Yunnan University, said in an interview with the reporter of southern weekend that it was a "tragedy"“ It's a tragedy for the elephant, and it's also a tragedy for the people who guard the elephant day and night. In nature, there is no species that wants to leave their homeland resolutely. "

有专家甚至直言，其实可爱的大象，杀伤力比老虎强。这一次云南的报道中，也都提示了大家，一定要保持人象安全距离，避免冲突。

Some experts even said frankly that in fact, cute elephants are more destructive than tigers. In this report from Yunnan, we all pointed out that we must keep a safe distance between people and elephants and avoid conflicts.