You know, I would love to watch nature programs, but I quit watching them because they always focus on the animals killing one another.  The photographers seem to love the violence of nature.

I mean, you would never know that animals can also show intelligence and compassion, as seen here.

It wasn’t just one hippo, but the group of them, that went in to help the gnu.

The hippo was gently using its powerful jaws to help the gnu, along with its nose–that takes intelligence.  And for it to recognize the danger and do something about it showed compassion.

I think it goes to show the complexity of nature and how shortsighted we are towards animals.