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In the forests of Burma, where valuable teak wood is harvested, elephants take on all the tasks that machines handle in other logging operations. They are busy felling trees and, instead of tractors, they transport heavy logs to the river. An elephant can grasp a log that is one and a half to two times the circumference of its trunk, roll it onto its tusks, and carry it away.
But even in the sawmills where the wood is processed, you can see elephants at work. Here, they might be better described as one-armed machinists. Early in the morning, the sounds of sawmills in Rangoon, Mangalore, or Manaripa call their workers. Without any rush or noise, they hurry in groups to the workshops equipped with the latest machinery.
These one-armed giants work alongside electric saws and planers. And they are not just a few; there are thousands of them. They feed heavy logs into the machines, neatly stacking the cut boards into piles while carefully blowing off the sawdust. No diligent worker could do this job better than an elephant.
