The Environment Envir. Hold the mouse over a graphic to read the description. Earth reveals herself to her children. An animal with an infection will take a mud bath until that infection is cured. I have heard of wounded wild animals lying in a mud bath for days while the wet clay draws all the infection out of the wound.
Many people foolishly believe that dogs simply love to get mucked up.
He knows something that you don't. He knows the healing power of the earth. How about the toddler who practically immerses himself in mud. The aboriginal people of Manitoba either knew about this powerful remedy instinctively, or else they learned it by watching animals, but they knew the healing power of wet clay and its ability to draw out poisons. The first time I held clay in my hands and formed it into a simple vase, I was hooked.