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"If dolphins were land mammals, would we be as fascinated by this type of cross-species social behavior?" I think yes. How many (untrained) animals out there a
by jmnicolas 11y ago
"If dolphins were land mammals, would we be as fascinated by this type of cross-species social behavior?"
I think yes. How many (untrained) animals out there are known to protect a human in danger ? To my knowledge there are only dogs and dolphins.
- pvaldes 11y agoWolves can adopt children in fact, specially when the children cry; and gorillas seem to be inclined to do this also with human childrens in danger or injured, either the children moves or not. Female gorillas in zoos have been helping boys accidentally falling or entering in the gorilla recint and returning them to the mother. Silverbacks can participate also.
- rwhitman 11y agoYou can google around for "[X animal] protects human" to find plenty of stories of apes, bears, lions, cows, elephants, even birds that have been documented. And thats just in recent english language sources - without taking into account foreign news, historic records, oral histories etc.