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A Heart-Melting Baby Elephant Rescue

When an eight-month-old baby elephant fell into a well, it was up to a team of conservationists at Amboseli Trust for Elephants to figure out a way to get her out. They captured the rescue operation on video and the story has gone viral, thanks to a beautifully happy ending and rather hilarious commentary from off camera: “So this is Zombe’s calf, who we’re all delighted is so big and fat and healthy until we have to pull her out of a hole!” The nonprofit works to protect and study elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park and they have a fantastic YouTube channel documenting their work. 

(via theatlantic)

19 October 2012 ·

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    A Heart-Melting Baby Elephant Rescue When an eight-month-old baby elephant fell into a well, it was up to a team of...
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    Humans can treat animals and other humans horribly and be complete jerks to them… But then they can also be like this....
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    Just in case you were wondering if my obsession with elephants has flagged (it hasn’t).
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    oh my god I’m gonna cry
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