This wasn’t your typical rescue mission.
An intense video circulating the internet (a version of which was posted by the Daily Mirror Sri Lanka and embedded above) shows rescuers from the Sri Lanka navy towing an elephant stranded at sea back to shore.
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In the video, the elephant can be seen struggling to stay afloat and keep its trunk above water after being carried away by a strong current nearly 16km (9.9m) off Sri Lanka’s north-eastern coast.
Fortunately, the Sri Lankan navy picked up the elephant after it was spotted by a patrol boat, according to 9 News. Read more…
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