Elephant fell into a pit. Here’s how forest officials used water to save it

West Bengal forest officers utilised physics to save an elephant that had fallen into a deep ditch. The rescuers filled the pit with water using Archimedes’ Principle, allowing the animal to ascend and eventually emerge safely.

The animal can be seen struggling inside a deep ditch, trying to get out with its trunk. The process, however, was impeded by its weight. The video also shows forest service employees using water to help the animal float higher and then additional ropes to hold it as it emerges from the ditch.

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Netizens were not only pleased that the animal received prompt assistance, but they were also impressed by the technique as the video went viral.

Another day, another pachyderm get into trouble on 21/02/2022 at 1am in #Medinipur, no issue @WbdfSocial #Forest dept. Dedicated to serve… few lessons of #swimming and learning about #buoyancy, the #Elephant was #rescued and guided safely into #FOREST by 4am. Thanks to all.. pic.twitter.com/ahQi0NgQgP

— sandeepberwal@IFS (@sandeepberwal) February 21, 2022

One commenter thought it was a fantastic example of how a theory can be put into practice, and that it was probably the safest way to get the terrified animal out without resorting to severe methods. While some people expressed concern about the dangers such deep furrows pose to wild animals and humans, others wondered if they could be covered or filled to avoid future difficulties.

Brave 🐘 kudos 👏🏻 to the team Who made this possible

— Nisha rai (@nisharai_ggc) February 21, 2022

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Wow. Salute the people who have courage and the presence of mind to think of applying science in such a situation.
👏👏👏👏

— Human_Observer (@Humanobservr) February 21, 2022

Now this is how a work of perfection looks like! Hats off to the entire team 🙏🏽 https://t.co/HrVpg0geeo

— Swaroop Singha Roy (@swaroop_sroy) February 21, 2022

Water is life.
This is how👇 forest staff from Midnapur used water to save this pachyderm.👏👏 Kudos to all team members of the Midnapur Division. https://t.co/J3KNl98sG6

— Mohan Chandra Pargaien IFS.🌲🐝🐅🇮🇳 (@pargaien) February 21, 2022

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Oh bless her heart. 🙏🏼❤🐘 https://t.co/sW4Ybs24SU

— Dakini Darkstar (@DakiniDarkstar) February 21, 2022

3 years ago, a big male buffalo fell into well in my village. We did the same thing, put more water in we so that water level raises up and he comes out easily.

— पं: मिमसेन (@ambikeshtiwari9) February 21, 2022

This is where the theory converted into practical. Wow🙏

— Navneet Kumar (@Navneet09321963) February 21, 2022

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Elephants are good swimmer

— A Sushama Raviraj🇮🇳 (@Sushama_ngp) February 21, 2022

Simple presence of mind and genuine determination to rescue. Hatsoff

— #Random_Thought (@Dhakkann) February 21, 2022

My faith in humanity has been restored by such beautiful souls 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️

— Abhishek Singh (@abhithegoldenb2) February 21, 2022