Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well

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grist.org 18 Oct '12, 7pm

Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well

The world is full of pitfalls for baby elephants that don’t sleep on a mattress on their human mom’s dining room floor. In this case, it’s a literal pitfall — the baby has fallen down a well, and conservationists have to launch a white-knuckle rescue operation . First, they have to chase the mom away, which is sort of heartbreaking. Then they try to coax/drag the calf out on the shallowest slope of the well, which is really just a hole in the ground … but the little one wants to go in the opposite direction because she hears her mom calling. There are several minutes of really tense action, just trying to lasso a squirmy 200-pound baby and use a car to drag her out of the hole. And then a full minute of … well, but I’ll let you watch. I have to go deal with something in my eye.

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@rocza » 20 Oct '12, 4pm
"We're all delighted she's so big and fat and healthy until we have to pull her out of a hole." Baby elephant rescue: [link]
@Agreenerworld » 19 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @globalgreen: Friday feel-good nature video: Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well, via @grist: [link]
@globalgreen » 19 Oct '12, 7pm
Friday feel-good nature video: Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well, via @grist: [link]
@modestwanderer » 19 Oct '12, 1pm
Crying tears of joy here at MW & Co. RT @grist Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
@ClubGreenNL » 19 Oct '12, 7am
RT @karendemos: Okay, zakdoeken in de aanslag... #olifantje wordt gered uit kuil... [link] RT @ClubGreenNL #tearjerker #moederliefde
@karendemos » 19 Oct '12, 7am
Okay, zakdoeken in de aanslag... #olifantje wordt gered uit kuil... [link] RT @ClubGreenNL #tearjerker #moederliefde
@ClubGreenNL » 19 Oct '12, 7am
Okay, zakdoeken in de aanslag. Een #olifantje wordt gered uit een kuil en dan ... video: [link] #tearjerker #moederliefde
@JulienLynn » 19 Oct '12, 6am
Dying RT @drgrist: Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
@dday_au » 18 Oct '12, 11pm
Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] via @zite oh wow!
@YourStudioE » 18 Oct '12, 10pm
We did both! RT @grist Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
@ReedRoberts » 18 Oct '12, 10pm
It's been raining on my face. [link] HT @edyong209
@joylmnop » 18 Oct '12, 10pm
Baby elephant rescued from a well! If this doesn't make you tear up, you're prob a monster. [link]
@emmmschi » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @Lindy77: @emmmschi [link]
@Qaoileann » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
@TW_CAT speaking of elephants, you definitely need to see this [link]
@Lindy77 » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
@emmmschi [link]
@mobilewashunit » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
Lab-grown kidney works in animals [link] baby elephant rescued from a well [link]
@rhodok » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @BBC_Future: RT @grist: Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
@kausikdatta22 » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @edyong209: Okay, this really got me. Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] <blows on tissues> HT @j_zimms
@edyong209 » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
Okay, this really got me. Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] <blows on tissues> HT @j_zimms
@joecarryon » 18 Oct '12, 8pm
@Grist's Animal Video Team is killing today. Rude emu? [link] ✓ // Heartwarming baby elephant rescue? [link] ✓
@DanielKrajeski » 18 Oct '12, 8pm
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@iansomerhalder RT@grist: Bite ur nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
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@mmhandley » 18 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @drgrist: Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
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Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
@maryknudson » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @edyong209: Okay, this really got me. Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] <blows on tissues> HT @j_zimms
@TheGregJones » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @edyong209: Okay, this really got me. Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] <blows on tissues> HT @j_zimms
@macgreco » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @edyong209: Okay, this really got me. Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] <blows on tissues> HT @j_zimms
@AntheaLacchia » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @edyong209: Okay, this really got me. Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] <blows on tissues> HT @j_zimms
@snowdropnomad » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @grist: Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
@DrClaudiaG » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @edyong209: Okay, this really got me. Conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link] <blows on tissues> HT @j_zimms
@alexandmarion » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @grist: Bite your nails, then cry like an infant as conservationists rescue a baby elephant from a well [link]
@BBC_Future » 18 Oct '12, 9pm
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