If we’re being honest, Darrick probably would’ve been fine and was probably just throwing himself in the river to try and wash away the shame of having a name like ‘Darrick’ – only joking bud, you seem great – but it’s the thought that counts from Kham Lha.

That got us thinking that there must be loads of similar examples of the animal kingdom jumping in to help us out despite the fact that we’re responsible for spawning things like Donald Trump and creating Furbies; undoubtedly the two scariest things on the planet.

We like animals. Animals are better than humans. Here are some more videos that prove it…

Surfer Todd Endris Saved by Dolphins from Shark Attack

It was early in the morning at Marina State Beach in Northern Califronia when Todd Endris was attacked by a 15-ft great white shark, which knocked him off his board and bit down on his torso, resulting in a 40-inch bite.

Just when it looked like Todd was done for, a pod of dolphins came to his rescue by forming a wall between him and the shark. Why? Because dolphins are sounder than humans. Todd seems super cool though and he’s now working to return the favour to the dolphins. Not all humans are bad!

Yang Yun Freediver Saved by Whales in China

26 year old Yang Yun was competing in a freediving competition to get a whale keeping job, but 15ft down her right leg cramped up.

Two beluga whales sensed that she was struggling and moved towards her to help her to the surface, restoring our faith in the world as an entity in the process.

Parrot Saves Baby’s Life

This quaker parrot went through to alert her mother when a baby was choking in another room. The mother was able to go through and save the baby’s life.

Can we take a minute out to just think about the fact that parrots can actually speak? Parrots are geniuses. We should let parrots lead the free world – especially since this video ends with the presenter talking about how Pop Idol is taking on Motown this weekend and just reminding us again that humans are rubbish.

Female Lion Calms Down Male Attacking Human

As we’ve already established here, humans are pretty much exclusively idiots, and this dude staring into this lion’s eyes and looking like he was about to shit himself was probably the reason behind this lion attack.

Thankfully a slightly better keeper was there to help out, and a lioness to calm her man down, keep him away and tell him that the measly human wasn’t worth the effort.

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