When Animals Rescue: Amazing True Stories About Heroic and Helpful Creatures

What do stories about humpback whales protecting a biologist from a shark, a pride of lions rescuing a girl from kidnappers, gorillas working together to dismantle poacher snares, a parrot warding off an attacker in a park, a chimpanzee consoling a human, and an elephant trying to rescue a baby rhino tell us about animal nature? And what might they suggest about our very own human nature?*

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Until just a few decades ago, there were only a few animals reported to behave empathetically and altr...