Which animal has saved the most human lives?

The award for 'most lives saved' must go to the Atlantic horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus.
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What animals have saved humans?

These 10 stories recount times when animals displayed compassionate, helpful behavior towards humans.
  • Whale protects scientist from shark.
  • Dolphins protect man from shark.
  • Gorilla, Binti Jua, saves a young boy. ...
  • Lulu the pig saves woman having a heart attack.
  • Sasha the pit bull saves family from a fire.
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Has an animal ever saved a human?

Sea Lion Saves Golden Gate Bridge Jumper

That's when he felt a bump beneath him. A sea lion circled under him, bumping him up to the surface of the water and toward the shore. Because of this animal, Hines survived and has dedicated his life to mental-health advocacy and suicide prevention.
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What is the most useful animal in the world?

Listed below are the top ten useful animals for humans.
  • Camels, horses ad elephants are the most useful for transportation.
  • Dog, cat, horse, sheep, goat and cattle are among the most useful domesticated animals.
  • Camels, horses and donkeys are among the most useful animals in carrying heavy loads.
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Has a lion ever saved a human?

Lions Foil Kidnapping Plot

In 2005, a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was reportedly saved from a group of kidnappers by three lions. Seven men had abducted the girl, holding her captive for over a week, to try and force her into marrying one of them.
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Has a dolphin ever saved a human?

In reality, dolphins have saved humans on many occasions. In two (sort of) similar incidents, one in 2004 and one in 2007, pods of dolphins circled imperiled surfers for over thirty minutes in order to ward off aggressive great white sharks.
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Has a bear ever saved a human?

A northern California man who says he was attacked by a mountain lion while out on a hike has a helpful hand - or claw - to thank for his life. Robert Biggs, 69, of Paradise, Calif., says he was saved by a helpful bear.
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What is the baddest animal?

The Nile Crocodile takes the crown for being the most dangerous, as it's responsible for more than 300 fatal attacks on people each year.
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What animals are completely useless?

These are the five most useless.
  • The Rhinoceros. I hate Rhinos. ...
  • The Giraffe. The long neck just kills me. ...
  • The Penguin. Short, stubby, slow, and with zero ability to attack, kill or defend itself against other animals. ...
  • The Hippo. The Hippo is a piece of work. ...
  • The Ostrich. They're the Giraffe version of a bird.
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Which animals are useful to man in many ways?

Animals are useful to us in many ways. Many animals such as ox and bullock are used to plough the field. Donkey, camel and many other animals are used to carry loads from one place to other especially in villages. Animals like cows, buffaloes, goats provide us milk.
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Why do dolphins save humans?

Some scientists believe that dolphins instinctively come to the assistance of other injured dolphins and that it's a small step for them to help humans too. However dolphins obviously realise that humans aren't dolphins. Some scientists think dolphins help humans merely because they are curious.
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Are animals capable of love?

As attachment is a form of love, animals are indeed capable of loving their caregivers. Dogs have been reported to love their masters so deeply that they mourn their death for many years.
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Can animal save someone's life?

Domestic animals have often been known to save their human companions from danger.
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Do animals think and feel?

Here's How We Know. The author of a new book also says that animals can feel empathy, like the humpback whale that rescued a seal. Do animals feel empathy?
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What is the stupidest animal?

List of the Dumbest Animals in the World
  • Panda Bear.
  • Turkey.
  • Jerboa.
  • Goblin Shark.
  • Sloth.
  • Koala.
  • Kakapo.
  • Cane Toads.
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What is the ugliest animal in the world?

Top Ten Ugliest Animals
  • The blobfish was elected the ugliest animal in the world in an online poll that we ran. ...
  • The giant Chinese salamander is the world's largest amphibian and it can breathe through its skin!
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What bug has no purpose?

1. Mosquitos. Mosquitoes are such a nuisance. Their main diet is sucking the blood of other mammals, humans included.
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What animal lives the longest?

The Greenland shark has the longest known life span of all vertebrates, estimated to be between 300 and 500 years. Found in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the species can reach an astonishing 21 feet in length and mostly eats fish, but has been spotted hunting seals.
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What is the deadliest mammal?

Ungainly as it is, the hippopotamus is the world's deadliest large land mammal, killing an estimated 500 people per year in Africa. Hippos are aggressive creatures, and they have very sharp teeth. And you would not want to get stuck under one; at up to 2,750kg they can crush a human to death.
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What is cutest animal in the world?

Top 10 Cutest Animals in 2022
  • If you love animals as much as we do, carry on reading to find out more about some of the top voted cutest animals around the globe..
  • Margay.
  • Red Panda.
  • Elephant Shrew.
  • Meerkat.
  • Qoukka.
  • Fennec Fox.
  • Klipspringer.
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Can a bear drown?

The result is that bears must swim further and further out to sea in search of ice floes; some expend all of their energy in doing so and end up drowning. Scientists first noticed this deadly phenomenon in 2004 when they noticed four drowned polar bears in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's North Slope.
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Do bears ever drown?

Scientists believe adult polar bears have drowned when they've been forced to cross vast expanses of open ocean that exceed their strong swimming capacity. Now, new research shows that polar bear cubs are also drowning, confirming the dangers of ice loss to the species' survival.
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What is in the bear family?

Bears are mammals that belong to the family Ursidae. They can be as small as four feet long and about 60 pounds (the sun bear) to as big as eight feet long and more than a thousand pounds (the polar bear). They're found throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
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Why are sharks scared of dolphins?

Dolphins are mammals that live in pods and are very clever. They know how to protect themselves. When they see an aggressive shark, they immediately attack it with the whole pod. This is why sharks avoid pods with many dolphins.
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