Humans drastically underestimate the emotional and intellectual capacity of animals.
While we credit ourselves with being saviors to animals, there are instances where wild animals have saved the lives of humans.
“There are a lot of stories about domesticated animals saving human beings from danger, and I guess most of these would relate to pet dogs, who are indeed man’s most loyal and trusted companion,” a caption of YouTuber bodhispeak’s video reads. “But when it comes to wild animals, what we usually hear about is the perennial man-animal conflict caused largely by man’s constant encroachment into the animal territory. We have rarely come across cases where the wild animals have come to the aid of a human being in danger.”
Though they are rare, there are instances that have been documented.
Here are five of those instances:
1) Lions Scare Off 12-Year-Old Girl’s Kidnappers
A 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was abducted by several men on her way to school. Eventually, the kidnappers were chased off by a pride of lions who stood guard around the girl and just walked away once the police arrived.
“They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo told the Associated Press.
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2) Black Bear Saves a Man From Mountain Lion
A 69-year-old man was watching a family of black bears and their newborn cub northern in March 2012. He was keeping a good amount of distance from the bears as to not disturb or threaten them. He had no idea that danger was lurking right behind him.
As he turned to walk away from the cubs a mountain lion pounced on his back. The man tried to defend himself but couldn’t get the giant cat to leave him be. That’s when the mama bear grabbed the lion by the throat and ripped him off of them man. The two wrestled for a bit before the cat ran off and the bear went back to her cubs without causing the man any harm.
3) Dolphins Protect Man From a Great White Shark
Stories about dolphins saving humans date back to Ancient Greece. A more modern tales involves a surfer in Monterey, CA. He was sitting on his surfer board when a 12 to 15-foot great white shark attacked and used his massive jaws to clamp the surfer between the sharks teeth and his surfboard shredding his back.
Luckily, a pod of dolphins appeared and surrounded the surfer. This frustrated the shark and allowed the surfer to get to shore where he was administered aid that saved his life.
4) Elephant Saves 8-Year-Old From Tsunami
British vacation was taking an elephant ride on a beach when the tide rolled backed and receded. The elephant had been acting strangely all day, but when this occurred the elephant ran full speed in the opposite direction of the sea with the girl on his back.
His owners could not get him to come back. That’s when a massive tsunami hit and flooded the elephant up to its shoulders. The elephant kept walking against the force of the water to safety. Though she watched the horror unfolding around her, the girl survived.
5) Sea Lion Keep Man From Drowning
A 19-year-old man was attempting to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. He survived the fall but the impact from the water broke his back leaving him unable to swim or tread water. He would have drowned had a sea lion not swam up to him and kept him afloat until a rescue team reached him.
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