It’s Monday morning and you know what that means! It’s Week 10 of photographic scavenger hunt, Mystery Image Mondays at the Houston Zoo! If you want to brush up on your sleuthing skills, or just want to check out what you’ve been missing in our past nine installments, just click here!

The rules for the game are very easy: we are about to show you a portion of a photo- it may be of an animal, a habitat, or some other point of interest found on Zoo grounds. Your knowledge of the Zoo, partnered with the three clues that will follow the photo, will aid you in identifying the location and subject of the photo. Post your best guesses below and return this afternoon between 3:00 and 4:00 pm to find out if you were right!

Are you ready? Good, then let the (scavenger) hunt begin! We are proud to present…

This Week’s Image, a.k.a #10:

The Clues

1. While humans love me, I don’t think the small cats down the street do!

2. While I may seem large to humans, those who enjoy me tend to think of me as a wadding pool!

3. I bring a whole new meaning to the term “swimming trunks”!

Psst- here’s freebie hint: all the photos are Chill Out-themed!

The Answer

That’s right, you guessed it! This is a photo of Thai, one of our Asiatic Elephants, taking a dip in his pool.

Splish-Splash! He's a-takin' a bath!

For those who haven’t met him, Thai is our oldest male elephant at the zoo and proud father to baby Baylor who was born last May. Thai loves the water and can frequently be seen playing with his large barrel- dunking it under the water and watching it pop back up to the surface.  As for Baylor, the apple clearly doesn’t fall far from the tree based on his escapades with water, which have gone viral and become an international sensation!

We are hoping that our seven-member herd will continue to enjoy the water when they move into their new elephant expansion, which will add on the McNair Asian Elephant Habitat. This new enclosure, which utilizes the land that used to belong to the giraffe’s before they relocated to The African Forest, an unobstructed viewing area, a demonstration area and an 80,000 gallon pool! For more information, renderings, and to up-to-date information click here!

We hope you’ve enjoyed this installment of Mystery Image Mondays at the Houston Zoo! Come back next Monday, and every Monday throughout our TXU Energy presents Chill Out at the Houston Zoo.

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