Here is an amazing article by gigaherc on ATS: Be Sure To Look At The Ones I Skipped and There Is A lot more interesting information about the consciousness of animals. Are they already awakened spiritually? More research is needed!

1. Koko the gorilla responds to a sad moment in her favorite film.

2. Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.

According to scientist Krista McLennan, “When heifers have their preferred partner with them, their stress levels in terms of their heart rates are reduced compared with if they were with a random individual.”

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3. The two guide dogs who led their owners down 70 floors in the World Trade Center before the towers collapsed on September 11.

Guide dogs Salty and Roselle were awarded a joint Dickin Medal “For remaining loyally at the side of their blind owners, courageously leading them down more than 70 floors of the World Trade Center and to a place of safety following the terrorist attack on New York on 11 September 2001.”

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5. The beluga whale who saved a free diver who had cramped up 20 feet below the surface.

When free-diver Yang Yun tried to return from the bottom of an arctic pool, she found that her legs had cramped up and she couldn’t move. “I began to choke and sank even lower and I thought that was it for me – I was dead. Until I felt this incredible force under me driving me to the surface.” A Beluga whale named Mila had seen what was happening and sprang into action, guiding Yun safely back to the top of the pool.

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10. The amazing story of Christian the lion.

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