376K views · 149K reactions | This was a high-stakes rescue mission set against a ticking clock. A tiny calf had fallen into a water trough and was stuck inside. His mother stood by, frantic but unable to free her baby. As we have seen too many times in these situations, a mother elephant will only wait around for so long before abandoning a hopeless situation. The window was closing to extract the baby and reunite the pair. There wasn’t much to do but dive right in — quite literally. We drove a