Before Harambe was taken from the world, a gorilla named Binti Jua helped a boy who fell into her enclosure-even though the zookeepers were splattering her with water!
Source: Morin, Roc. "A Conversation With Koko the Gorilla." The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 28 Aug. 2015, .
Humpback whales save seals from killer whales.
Source: Worral, Simon. "Yes, Animals Think And Feel. Here's How We Know." National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 15 July 2015, news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150714-animal-dog-thinking-feelings-brain-science/. Accessed 25 Sept. 2017.
Rats will forgo treats if they have to shock another rat by doing so.
Source: Young, Ed. "Empathic rats spring each other from jail." Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2011, blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/09/empathic-rats-spring-each-other-from-jail/#.WfKSQyJSzrc.
Mirror neurons (which are associated with empathy were actually first discovered in monkeys!
Source: Gallese, V, et al. "Action recognition in the premotor cortex." Brain : a journal of neurology., U.S. National Library of Medicine, Apr. 1996, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8800951.
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