A Big Baby
The team knew that the baby elephant was going to be heavy. On average, elephant calves weigh between 400 and 600 pounds! In reality, this baby was going to be far too heavy for their excavator. They had hoped that they would be able to scoop him up and pull him up out of the hole, but then they’d run the risk of breaking the machine! They didn’t want the baby to have to wait another day for another excavator!
An Audience
Another Approach
Instead of trying to lift the baby, the team instead decided to try to work at widening the hole that the baby was stuck in. They focused on a specific side, and started to slowly dig away at the crevice. They hoped that by doing so, the baby would see that they weren’t there to hurt him. The job was going to take hours, but it might help the elephant climb out at its own pace.
Creating an Escape
