Rescuers In Northeast India Use The Archimedes' Principle To Save An Elephant In Distress

Meera Dolasia
Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:41:30 -0800

An elephant, who accidentally fell into a dry, 25-foot deep well in Northeast India, lived to see another day thanks to the quick-thinking rescuers' scientific knowledge. The chain of events unfolded early in the morning on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, when residents of Amliya toli village, in the state of Jharkhand, awoke to the cries of the stranded pachyderm and called the forest department for help.