An Unusual Drain Blockage

There are two pressing questions that spring to mind when you look at this picture. The first is 'How on earth has an elephant fallen down a manhole?', and the second is 'How is anybody going to get him out of there?' The answers are fairly simple, it fell down there because young elephants are incredibly clumsy, and he got out again with the help of some rope, a team of human rescue workers, and a lot of physical effort!

Although they reach a huge physical size in a relatively short space of years, an elephant isn't considered to be an adult until it's around 20 years old. Before that point, they have even less grace than they do when they're fully grown, and are prone to falling over, running into things and generally getting themselves in a fix, like this little one did.

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