<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4361fc5a-363e-42d6-b3a5-d975e887a233/D42D7176-B2E1-4328-9755-C680367AABF0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/EB4D67B6-21F2-4C31-A2ED-9C594EA5C3A5" alt="South African Bullfrogs" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/">Male African bulldogs dutifully stand guard over their young tadpoles as they wade through the water and have been documented standing up to snakes and even lions and elephants that get too close.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/1C170CDC-2892-421E-987A-6C4EEC760827" alt="Vampire Bats" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/">Vampire bats regurgitate and share blood to help sickly bats recover.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/F7B95642-0C96-45DD-B022-8CC07A17E362" alt="Dolphins" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"> <A target="_blank" href="http://news.scotsman.com/world/Dolphin-leads-whales-out-of.3872748.jp" linkindex="40" tooltip="linkalert-tip">bottle nosed dolphin heeded the SOS calls of two beached whales</A> in New Zealand and led them into safe waters.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/">dolphins were warding off a nearby shark that was moving close to the swimmers</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/D2320E61-A238-49FA-87EC-845DAAA83346" alt="Army Ants" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/">ants utilize the raft to guide their Queen and babies through the water</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/B11C8AA4-5184-4FC0-B7B5-FBB7AC358FFD" alt="Friendly Dogs" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14848" linkindex="51" tooltip="linkalert-tip">canines have become surrogate mothers</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/D9B1EFC4-2DC0-4BA5-BED9-DF05174128F9" alt="Ringed Seals" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/08/28/natures-wild-nurses-5-caring-animal-species/"><P>The <A target="_blank" href="http://worldanimalfoundation.homestead.com/FACT_SHEET_Amazing_Animal_Facts.pdf">World Animal Foundation</A> notes some other animals that go to great lengths to help others. To protect their young from predators, ringed seals build snow caves that allow the young to hide and still receive adequate oxygen for breathing. Some fish open their mouths to let their babies hide as predators swim nearby. And they even manage to do so without accidentally swallowing their own! Wow, animal selflessness is truly amazing.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D42D7176-B2E1-4328-9755-C680367AABF0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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