Amazing Stories Of People Rescuing Animals, The Animals Recognizing That They Are Being Saved And Thanking The Humans

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Feb 25, 2024 11:00 AM EST

Over out time writing for Animal Comedy, we have come across an endless number of tear-jerking animal rescue stories. We have seen everything from from lions that were rescued from a circus tasting freedom for the first time, to horses getting rescued from being stuck in ice for over four hours, to leopards getting pulled out of 50-foot wells after getting exhausted and being unable to get out themselves. And the thing that always strikes us about these stories the most is how aware the animals seem to be that they are being helped. 

Wild animals fear humans, and for good reason, we know that. But when they are in need of actual help, they put that fear aside - for a moment - and allow the scary humans to help them. Often times, they even show gratitude for it, and each and every time that it happens, it's one of the most wholesome and heartwarming things that you could ever see. 

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    Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 This guy found a deer on a frozen lake From Wonderful Moment 6:48 AM - Feb 22, 2024-6.4M Views 0:05/0:12 Subscribe 7
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    We can only imagine what it must have been like to come across this animal. We can only say that we are thankful that they saved this deer. We don't know if the way they went about it was ideal, if anything could have been done better, for the mere fact that they did it, we have to applaud them and thank them and hope that they will be an example for others as well. 

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    Puck! @puhcko A real evidence of God's providence through man is that you can go fully flowstate instinctual in these situations and the animal will recognize it and work with you. I've done this several times in my life- birds, a deer, various woodland creatures. They know you, steward. Science girl ✔ @gunsnrosesgirl3. Feb 22 This guy found a deer on a frozen lake 0:10 9:11 PM - Feb 22, 2024 5.4M Views 242 6.4K 98K ... 11K ↑
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    Whether there is anything religious about this or not is beside the point. The point is that animals truly do seem to recognize that we want to help them when they are in need of help. They might run away and not show their gratitude, but they will remember, we're sure of it, that day when the spooky humans did a good thing for them. 

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    Puck! @puhcko Squirrel, skunk, porcupine, deer, several bats, baby raccoon, wild cats, snapping turtle, grackle, robin, some sort of dove. Just stop thinking and they calm down. Its the thinking they're afraid of, not the human. 9:11 PM - Feb 22, 2024 238.5K Views 11 149 10K 255
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    Puck! @puhcko Also I once sat for like ~3 minutes smiling (buddha's) with a blackbear. He didn't need any help but it was nice to meet him 9:13 PM. Feb 22, 2024 239K Views 8 137 5.6K 51 ...
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    Puck! @puhcko Everyone saying “its just fear & freeze response!” has literally never interacted with an animal smdh 7:39 AM • Feb 24, 2024 3,194 Views
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    Walker @WalPerMott Doesn't work with ducks 1:07 AM - Feb 23, 2024 210.2K Views
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    Puck! @puhcko Only because ducks never need help 1:09 AM Feb 23, 2024 207.1K Views
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    Joscha Bach @Plinz I think that's because animals are always in flow state and can usually understand you by vibing with yours, whereas they cannot understand your rational reflexive self. The idea that reason is unique to humans is known since antiquity 12:48 AM. Feb 23, 2024 179.3K Views ...
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    Juan @JuanIsidro Yep! Done so myself several times. Animals KNOW. Between that and the love of your kids, might be the surest proofs for the existence of the big man above. And this is coming from a non-believer. ... 12:27 AM. Feb 23, 2024 139.1K Views
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    Pauldozer Trading Edu ✔ @Pavldozer 100% animals know you're the steward of the planet and will readily accept your help. 12:29 AM Feb 23, 2024 110.1K Views .
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    wema @eyeamwema Well... there's also a point where they realize there's nothing they can do and you're stronger. I imagine at some point they instinctively realize it's over and they're about to be food, up until they're not and they run away the second they have a chance-as they always do 2:24 PM. Feb 23, 2024 10.1K Views
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    Quint @jlq87 I have done this with a few humming birds who have gotten stuck in my greenhouse. If you let your vibe flow over them calming and there to help they will respond to it. One even stayed in my palm and just stared at me for a bit when I went to set him free. 4:32 AM. Feb 23, 2024 31.8K Views :
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    D%000 U/M||.63 .%00 AM 09 ³/K|1ª| @privacydied this is true, they may be apprehensive at first but then they get the message 4:18 AM - Feb 23, 2024 11.6K Views
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    TV NiiNiiFC-BlueLionsTV @NiiNiiFC I think animals just aren't solely instinctual vessels, there's definitely a level of relatability considering we share the same planet 2:30 PM. Feb 23, 2024 4,022 Views
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    Surveyor @saweljos I attempted rescue of a mutant two-headed bird as a child. One head accepted my help while the other pecked furiously at my hand, wat mean 12:07 AM • Feb 23, 2024 17K Views .
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    McQuaid was Based † @CathalO89340211 Stuff like this happens with the animals on our farm regularly. They no exactly what to do. Most of the time. 11:24 PM. Feb 22, 2024 - 9,907 Views
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    Grant E T @GrantTTU97 Yes! Helped a young buck get his head unstuck from a fence once, he was surprisingly calm once we tried to make it clear we were friendly. He didn't even run off once we got him unstuck, he just kinda walked off after looking at us 1:09 AM Feb 23, 2024 7,312 Views
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    Agent Black @AgentUnatco One time, I found a bird caught in my lawnmower pull cord; I picked him up, and he stopped struggling, which let me free him. 12:00 AM Feb 23, 2024 7,575 Views
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    Dr. Reginald Laübster, MD, FAAP @JuiceDoc99 : Once had a snapping turtle trying to cross the road moving so slowly it certainly would have been killed. I stopped the car, picked it up by its mid section so it couldn't claw me, and carried it over to the woods. Seems insane but in the moment I didn't have a second thought. 12:28 AM Feb 23, 2024 8,682 Views
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    The Ghost of Francisco Franco @FrancosGhost Just recently removed a bird from my house and just kind of walked up with a box and he went in and then outside 12:15 AM. Feb 23, 2024 · 6,409 Views
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