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It’s crazy that a whale did this, but my friend Robert Pittman wrote a paper about altruism in humpback whales, about how humpback whales have altruistic behavior towards other animals. Not just their own species but other animals. Altruism is a true act of kindness, when you protect someone without asking or expecting anything in return.
In A whale saved my life scientist Nan Hauser tells the touching story of an encounter she had with a humpback whale while filming in the south pacific close to the Cook Islands.
One of the remarkable experiences BBC Earth collected for their video series Close Encounters.