This is the moment a vet gets into the stomach of an elephant during a post mortem. <br /><br />Veterinary doctor Mahesh Babu, who works in Kerala, India, wanted to collect internal body parts of the dead elephant and send them for lab analysis. <br /><br />After attempts to scrape them off using instruments proved unsatisfactory, he did the unthinkable.<br /><br />He lowered himself into the belly of the behemoth, which had been split open during a post mortem procedure, and carved out the organs he wanted with a knife.<br /><br />A forest official who was present at the spot praised Babu. “He is very passionate about his job and committed to the welfare of animals,” he said.<br /><br />The 35-year-old elephant had died of electrocution near Marayur in Idukki district on August 8. <br /><br />The elephant had been considered a rogue as it had developed a habit of raiding crops and villages for food. Many farmers had illegally fenced their farms with electric wires to keep it away. <br /><br />The elephant died trying to pull out a fence.<br /><br />Local police have arrested a local farmer holding him responsible for the elephant's death.
