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Pig Rescues Baby Goat from Drowning  Humans are not the only
ones capable of heroic acts. When a crisis happens, even animals
can come to the rescue. In this case, a pig at a petting zoo is
being called a hero for saving a baby goat from drowning.  The
video entitled "Pig rescues baby goat" was uploaded to YouTube
Wednesday by jebdogrpm and is on its way to almost half a
million views. The swift swine's heroic instincts seem to kick
in as he hears the goat squealing in fear or agony. He swims as
fast as he can toward the goat, whose foot is stuck under a
rock, and nudges it to safety. After getting out of the water,
the pig acts as if nothing much just happened.  Most of the
comments of the video are positive, with one person writing, "I
think I just shed some manly tears." But some people are
questioning why the person who shot the video did not jump in to
rescue the drowning goat. "The water looked about 3 feet deep,
why was the guy filming inste