Elephants help clear tsunami debris

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With the help of elephants, salvagers in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, retrieve useful pieces of timber from areas destroyed by last month's tsunami. Working as a team, each elephant can lift several tons of material. (Wally Santana, Associated Press)
Wally Santana, Associated Press
With the help of elephants, salvagers in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, retrieve useful pieces of timber from areas destroyed by last month's tsunami. Working as a team, each elephant can lift several tons of material.
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