At age 84, Dick Van Dyke was rescued by porpoises after he fell asleep while surfing and drifted out of sight of land.

A newborn baby lay abandoned in the forest in Kenya for two days and was rescued by a dog who carried the infant to her own litter of puppies.

Lulu the kangaroo was rescued as a joey by a farmer and his family. When a branch knocked the farmer unconscious, Lulu stayed with him and “barked” until the man’s family came, saving his life.

A man and his 14-year-old dog Pete were hiking in New Jersey when a bear attacked the man. Pete faced the bear fearlessly, saved the man’s life and died a hero.

In 2012, a cat saved its owner’s life the night he was adopted. The owner got a diabetic seizure, the cat brought her back to consciousness, and then woke her son up by pouncing on his bed who then called for help.

In 2004, a group of divers, lost in the Red Sea for over 13 hours, feared they would die before dolphins miraculously led rescuers to them.

A cat named Masha saved a baby’s life after the long-haired, red tabby found an abandoned baby in a box in the snow. Masha climbed in to keep the baby warm and meowed to get the attention of a passerby leading to the baby’s rescue.

Ning Nong, an elephant, saved an eight-year-old girl from the tsunami in Thailand in 2004 by using its animal instincts and took her to safety.

A cockatiel saved a man’s life when a fire broke out beneath his house. Andrew Hardiek was sound asleep when the cockatiel, Dylan, began squawking to wake him up and led to their unharmed escape.

In 1996, a female gorilla named Binti Jua saved the life of a three-year-old boy who fell into her enclosure by carefully carrying him to the door and saving him from any other approaching gorilla.