Forest officials use Archimedes' principle to rescue stranded elephant, see pics

In a heartwarming incident, forest officials in Jharkhand are being lauded for applying a scientific principle in real life to rescue a stranded elephant. incident took place in early hours of January 28 when elephant accidentally fell into a well in Jharkhand's Gumla district. incident occurred in Amliya toli vill where local villrs came across distressed elephant and informed forest department for help.

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According to reports, forest officials immediately rushed to spot to rescue distressed elephant at around 7 am on Tuesday. rescue operation lasted for three hours during which time officials pumped water into well so mammal could float up. well was filled with water using three motorised pumps and a ramp dug out for elephant to climb out. 

Ramesh Pandey, Indian Forest Sevice official praised Divisional  Forest Officer, Gumla, and forest department of state and took it to Twitter for using Archimedes' principle to float up elephant. jumbo reportedly did t suffer any injuries and went into forest after climbing out of well.

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