WATCH: Rangers battle in five-hour battle to rescue baby elephants
For these six baby elephants, however, there was no Dumbo-style solution for their very earthbound dilemma.
The tiniest of the animals was sunk up to its eyes, with its little trunk barely sticking out of the mud. One group of rangers left to get reinforcements while the rest remained with the frightened elephants as night fell. Adults from the herd to which the youngsters belonged could be heard circling the area.
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