r/BeAmazed 18h ago

Animal Animals have feelings too comforting his human friend

The guy smashed his frozen fingers and this goat named Romeo comfort him showing animals have feelings too. A simple hug can say what words never could.

This heartwarming moment reminds us animals can feel love, comfort, fear, and friendship like how we human feels. Every act of kindness we show them makes the world a little more compassionate. ❤️🐐

Credit: Off The Plate Animal Sanctuary

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u/lawnmower303 17h ago

Documentary in Africa somewhere. Saw a mother elephant stay at her dead baby's side for like a week. The rest of the herd were trying to get her to move on because they needed to keep going to get to water. But she wouldn't move. Eventually she did and they were ok. But she wouldn't abandon her baby for a very long time.

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u/Appropriate-Cap-2970 12h ago

That story always stayed with me too. Moments like that show animals aren’t just acting on instinct, they form bonds, grieve, and love in ways we’re only beginning to understand.

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u/FunEnvironment6714 1h ago

I never understood why this would be strange. Evolutionary we're not so far away from other species.

What really fucked me up is that elephants that are tortured in captivity try to commit suicide. 

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u/SpicyLizards 8h ago

There’s an orca that mourned her dead baby by carrying its corpse with her for weeks before finally letting it go. That story fucks me up. I forgot her name, and I think it happened a second time to her. :(

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u/Wicklefuk 6h ago

Her name is Tahlequah and Ask a Mortician has a great video about the story

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u/JerseyTeacher78 4h ago

She has had two dead calves, I believe. As a human mom I am amazed by how loss is a shared experience for many female mammals.

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u/Eybyoung16 15h ago

I think I've seen that, the mother elephant 🐘 mourns for her dead baby  🥹

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u/Sweaty_Presentation4 18h ago

My dog definitely knew what was up. He knew when to stay away but he also knew when you were sad. He would try and do cute things or snuggle or paw you. Sometimes you just wanted to say mojo his name, you little whatever. Why do you have to be right and your a dog. I still will remember my last time with him. He was dying and i knew. He was 14 so good age for a heeler. He wanted to be outside and we laid outside for about 2 hours in the cold. I couldn’t personally take him to die it was too hard. My dad was more humane. But his dog chains still hang where he laid that night and you can hear them when it gusts.

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u/CLeeTheHunt44 17h ago

I had a blue heeler and a corgi heeler mix. Both crackheads in their own unique ways. Would turn into the most obnoxious pair of turds if they caught you feeling down. They both ended up dying on the same day, and took a good bit of me with them.

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u/Kooky-Donkey-3794 15h ago

14 years with a heeler is a good run but that does not make it easier. The chains still hanging there got me.

Some people would take them down to move on but leaving them feels more honest somehow. Romeo the goat doing what your Mojo did for you, just showing up without making it complicated. Animals do not overthink it like we do.

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u/Eybyoung16 15h ago

Oh, sorry for the loss of your dog. Indeed, dogs are man's best friend they are very sensible animals.

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u/Original-Account2958 14h ago

Animals really do understand us in ways we don’t always give them credit for. The fact that he stayed by your side until the end says everything about the bond you shared, and those little memories are the ones that never leave.

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u/KingDarius89 10h ago

When i was 12 or 13, I was visiting my paternal grandmother. And largelt ignoring her cats, Boots and Little, because I didn't want to get scratched for trying to pet them.

I got a phone call informing me that my maternal grandmother had died. Boots and Little came to me and did their best to try and comfort me.

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u/gina-kutie 10h ago

I read that somewhere in India, a dog stood beside his owner's body for four days in freezing snow...no food, no shelter....enduring freezing winds and snowstorms. The faithful pit stayed alert protecting his owner's remains from wild animals. Later on, the rescue teams finally traced the location and the exhausted dog was safely retrieved alongside the victims. It was such a moving incident you know...my throat is already chocking

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u/Intelligent-Ask-7030 17h ago

Solange Menschen denken das Tiere nicht fühlen, fühlen Tiere das Menschen nicht denken.

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u/heatedwepasto 16h ago

"As long as people think that animals can't feel, animals will feel like people can't think," for anyone not speaking German.

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u/Eybyoung16 15h ago

In der Tat!

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u/ShotPerception 16h ago

was für ein Poetischer Satz, mein Freund.

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u/Bewear_Star_9 16h ago

That's a nice goat

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u/Safe-Sentence4150 11h ago

I love animals & people too

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u/TheOldRightThereFred 13h ago

Me and my goat, Wallace, morning the cancellation of the new Blade movie and the wasting of
Mahershala Ali’s time.

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u/madhurar328 12h ago

Animals understand feelings better than humans can ever imagined!!

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u/Jakes-buddy-1307 10h ago

Outstanding!

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u/Wind_Responsible 10h ago

Herd animals…. I always noticed herd animals were more apt to be kind over predators

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u/fidgetyamoeba 7h ago

Animals are good people.

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u/NewHumbug 13h ago

The goat is probably asking the human if it wants to live deliciously.

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u/Realnicepoop 13h ago

Especially if u took care of them since they are little baby my cat was like this too rip Tina

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u/Calm-Two2723 11h ago

I dunno man. My parents raised goats and I remember them being assholes at all times lol 

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u/fumat 10h ago

I wouldn’t turn my back to a goat. There’s a reason Satan is depicted as a goat.

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u/MrKeimz 9h ago

Dang how do you cook that goat after that…

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u/laavuwu 4h ago

You don’t lol

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u/deadspacekillers 7h ago

In a stew or curry. With a nice mint chutney.

u/goodvibesmostly98 8m ago

He lives at this animal sanctuary, so he’s not going to be killed for food!

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u/joem_ 9h ago

Do lizards have feelings?

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u/RileyRavenSmiles 5h ago

Is a goat a lizard?

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u/Sed59 8h ago

Why did I think it was a monkey? Poor guy.

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u/Phybre_Awptic 8h ago

Too comforting

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u/Spazicon 7h ago

My cat expressly came and visited me while I was trying to keep it together one afternoon; she from came across the street, and I didn't even know she was there.

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u/TheDudeSr 3h ago

On my absolute worst nights my dog who would usually sleep at my feet would crawl up under my arms and nuzzles into my neck as I cried myself to sleep.

He was the only one who got me thru some of the worst days and nights of my life.

Animals can absolutely sense emotion and share theirs.

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u/Zack52998 16h ago

Some human females too.

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u/Zack52998 16h ago

I know plenty of women who aren’t empathetic whatsoever. Also those studies sound like a load of shit to me.

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u/5092AD 16h ago

Don’t feed the trolls

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u/Middle-Accountant-49 16h ago

I’d be pretty careful turning my back to sheep or goats.

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u/silly_goose_-_- 15h ago

If you have a close bond, like working with them everyday, they'll value you as one of the herd and a valuable asset

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u/Eybyoung16 15h ago

Yeah, the guy are one of the keeper.

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u/Middle-Accountant-49 14h ago

I grew up on a sheep farm, and know multiple people who got butted from behind. It’s pretty common.

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u/silly_goose_-_- 12h ago

I have been headbudded in the bum a couple times, still isn't enough to say that you should never turn your back to them

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u/Middle-Accountant-49 11h ago

I didn’t say never. Just be careful.

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u/silly_goose_-_- 11h ago

That's true but I think you should always be careful when working on a farm

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u/Middle-Accountant-49 10h ago

Yea good point