When a young elephant fell into a deep ditch in West Bengal, forest officials applied some physics to bring it out. Applying Archimedes' Principle, the rescuers filled the pit with water, helping the animal to rise up and eventually come out safely. In a video doing rounds on the internet, the young animal can be seen struggling inside a deep furrow, trying to come out of it using its trunk. However, its weight kept hindering the process. The video also shows the forest department officials using water to help the animal float up and then assisting it with several ropes to come out of the ditch. According to District Forest Officer (DFO) Sandeep Berwal, the officials of the forest department in Medinipur district were alerted after midnight, when they rushed to the site to ensure the animal was out. 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 “Few lessons of swimming and learning about buoyancy,” Berwal wrote online explaining how the elephant was helped. The officer said the animal was safely removed from the hole at around 4 am. pic.twitter.com/qp9o5ur4dT — sandeepberwal@IFS (@sandeepberwal) February 21, 2022 For the uninitiated, according to Archimedes' Principle, "a body at rest in a fluid is acted upon by a force pushing upward called the buoyant force, which is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces." As the clip went viral, netizens were not only happy that the young pachyderm received timely help, they were also impressed by the technique. Highlighting that it was perhaps the safest option to bring out the animal in distress without using an extreme measure, one remarked it a beautiful example to show how a theory is of practical use. While some also discussed how dangerous such deep furrows are for wild animals and humans, many suggested if these can be covered or filled to avoid such untoward situations in the future. My faith in humanity has been restored by such beautiful souls 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️ — Abhishek Singh (@abhithegoldenb2) February 21, 2022 Simple presence of mind and genuine determination to rescue. Hatsoff — #Random_Thought (@Dhakkann) February 21, 2022 Elephants are good swimmer — A Sushama Raviraj🇮🇳 (@Sushama_ngp) February 21, 2022 This is where the theory converted into practical. Wow🙏 — Navneet Kumar (@Navneet09321963) 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 Oh bless her heart. 🙏🏼❤🐘 — Dakini Darkstar (@DakiniDarkstar) 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. — Mohan Chandra Pargaien IFS.🌲🐝🐅🇮🇳 (@pargaien) February 21, 2022 Now this is how a work of perfection looks like! Hats off to the entire team 🙏🏽 — Swaroop Singha Roy (@swaroop_sroy) 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 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 Brave 🐘 kudos 👏🏻 to the team Who made this possible — Nisha rai (@nisharai_ggc) February 21, 2022
