10 Animals That Saved People

10 Animals That Saved People! We’ve heard of pets saving their owners, but what about wild animals saving total strangers? Wild dolphins, porpoises, and deer have saved humans. As have lions, bears, and whales. However, not all of the animals on this list saved humans on purpose. Some only became unwitting heroes, while the motivations of others remain in doubt. In one case, some believe the “rescuers” were actually planning to eat the person they saved. Before you watch the video don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and click on the bell icon. 10_ Lion Save Girl from kidnappers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBP6IS0bHfg Sometime in June 2005, a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was walking home from school when she was abducted by four men. Rural Ethiopia has seen many instances of men kidnapping women they intend to forcefully marry. The girl remained with the men for a week while police searched for her. The police were trailing the abductors when the men abandoned the girl after they were approached by three lions. The lions did not eat the girl, as many would have expected. They just remained with her and then quietly left when the police arrived. A wildlife expert suggested the lions didn’t kill the girl because she sounded like a lion cub while crying. However, not everyone thinks the lions were being superheroes. A game hunter suggested the big cats were about to eat the girl and were interrupted by the police. 9_ Man saved from drowning by Sea lions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlJSEI8iZwI Sometime in 2000, Kevin Hines decided he’d had enough of life. He was suffering from bipolar disorder and depression and chose to commit suicide by drowning. His location of choice was the famous Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco. However, he did not drown as expected because a sea lion kept him above the water. Hines initially thought the sea lion was a shark. This freaked him out. While he planned to commit suicide, that didn’t include being killed by a shark. However, he soon realized that his unexpected companion was a sea lion. The sea lion kept bumping into him to keep him above the water and remained with him until a Coast Guard rescue boat arrived. Besides keeping Hines afloat, the sea lion also helped the rescuers to find him easily. If the sea lion hadn’t kept him above water, the Coast Guard would have spent a much longer time searching for Kevin’s corpse underwater. 8_ Dolphins save lifeguard http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/04/28/back-shark-amazing-dolphins- save-man-swimming-raise-funds-marine-conservation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlhQttD3qoE On October 20, 2004, lifeguard Rob Howes and three teenage lifeguards including his daughter were swimming at Ocean Beach, near Whangarei, New Zealand, when they were suddenly surrounded by seven bottlenose dolphins. The dolphins started circling around them, keeping them together. Howes and one of the swimmers drifted away from the rest, but a dolphin followed them and dived under the water around them. Howes went underwater to see what the dolphin was doing and found a great white shark swimming around him. That was the moment he realized what was happening: The dolphins were protecting them from the shark. Howes never told the teenage lifeguards there was a shark in the water because he did not want to startle them. Another lifeguard, Matt Fleet, witnessed the incident from shore and took a boat to see what was happening. He saw the shark, too. The dolphins continued circling the lifeguards for 40 minutes until the shark left. Dr. Rochelle Constantine of Auckland University School of Biological Sciences said the incident was not unheard-of, though it was rare. Dolphins have been observed protecting other animals from sharks. In New Zealand’s waters, sharks aren’t usually a major threat to bottlenose dolphins, though they will attack a shark if they feel they’re in danger. 7_ Deer Saves Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJYyfTRki1U This is a tale of a wild animal unknowingly saving a human. Sometime in February 2012, an unnamed woman was saved by a deer in Oxford, Ohio. She was attending a party that night, which she left at around 1:00 AM. A man grabbed her as she walked past a field. He hit her and tried snatching her purse before dragging her into the field. A deer was sleeping in the field that night but was startled when it heard the sounds of the duo struggling. It jumped up and fled the scene. The man was also scared when he heard the sounds of the fleeing deer, so he fled, too, leaving the lady all alone. The woman returned to the party and called 911. Unfortunately, she could not describe the man to the police. 6_ Dolphins Save surfer from Shark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Kb-khMmTA On August 28, 2016, Todd Endris was surfing at Marina State Park, California, when he was attacked by a great white shark. The shark came at him three times.