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(#13) Deer Stops Woman From Being Assaulted
In the city of Oxford, Ohio, in 2012, a thief and assailant was attacking a woman by strangling her with her purse straps. As the attacker began to beat her, a deer charged him from some underbrush, scaring him away, and probably saving her life.
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(#6) Elephant Saves Girl From Tsunami
During the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, an 8-year-old girl named Amber Mason was kept from drowning and was sheltered from the waves by an elephant. As the initial wave struck, the elephant took Amber on its back and ran for higher ground. It also created a protective wall around Amber by turning its back to the wave.
The girl's family credit the elephant with saving her life, as she would have been separated from them and drowned otherwise.
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(#14) Dolphins Carry Woman 200 Miles to Safety
In 1971, a woman named Yvonne Vladislavich was sailing in the Indian Ocean when the yacht she was on exploded and then sank. Since it was a leisure excursion, they were far from any shipping routes, and her chances of being noticed were almost none. Suddenly, three dolphins approached her, one from underneath, allowing her to grab hold of its body. The other two swam circles around her, protecting them from sharks.
This went on for many hours until she reached a buoy, where the dolphins left her before she was picked up by a passing ship. They had traveled over 200 miles to get her there safely. If it weren't for the dolphins, she surely wouldn't have survived at sea.
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(#10) Seal Saves Man From Shark Attack
In 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa, British tourist Michael Cohen was attacked by a shark and lost almost two gallons of blood after having his right leg severed and his left leg bitten through. As two men swam out to rescue him, the shark geared up for a second attack, when a seal suddenly appeared and started circling the three men.
The seal continued circling, warding off any further attack, until all three made it safely to shore.
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(#15) Seal Pushes a Shipwrecked Victim to Shore
In Adelaide, Australia, in 1969, a man named Dudley Jones became the only survivor of a boating accident that killed two others, when a seal pushed him to safety on a reef so he wouldn't drown.
Source: "Seal Saves Man in Ship Tragedy." The Toledo Blade. 29 April 1969. Google News Web.
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(#12) A Giant Sea Turtle Swam a Woman to Safety on its Back
In June of 1974, a 62-year-old woman named Candalaria Villanueva was shipwrecked and rescued by a giant sea turtle. The Philippine Navy published an official account, and the ship that pulled Mrs. Villanueva from the water witnessed that she was, essentially, "aboard" a sea turtle prior to and during their rescue of her. When initially stranded at sea, the woman saw the turtle approach, and she grabbed its shell.
The turtle then swam for two days, never diving for food – it went hungry in order to save her. The crew of the rescuing ship thought she was clinging to an oil drum, until they witnessed the object circle three times after Villanueva was being hauled aboard, then dive down into the depths.
Source: "Giant Turtle Saved Woman." The Montreal Gazette. 25 June 1974. Google News Web.
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People usually are afraid of wild animals because wild animals are aggressive and dangerous. In fact, some fierce wild beasts also have a kind side. In recent years, there have been many reports about pets saved their owners. And some wild animals also save strangers accidentally, many of them are intelligent animals and have a close relationship with humans, such as wild dolphins have saved humans in the ocean.
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