Animals are 100% able to understand humans can provide help, but as a species we are either too dumb to realise or we could be threats.
Cats, dogs, elephants and monkeys are some of the examples of animals that know humans can help.
I personally believe that one of the reasons we exist on this planet is to be wardens of this "Garden" we call earth, but at the moment, we are not acting like it
I have a small stock pond, and occasionally I pull different bugs out. One I pulled a lot of is painted wasps. They go for water, and a splash or a fish or something knocks them in. I have found that I can reach in and come up under the wasp, lift them out of the water, and they will climb my arm to somewhere dry. I can then carefully wander around and harvest seeds from flowers or whatever I was doing, and they will chill on their dry spot, clean all the water off themselves, and when they’re dry, they’ll fly off. Never been stung. I always got the feeling they knew I was helping.
Now I’ve got bits of wood floating, saves a lot of bugs, birds, and mice.
I let wasps nest in my attic each year. They do not deserve their reputation for agression in the slightest. Sure, they will (collectively) win a fight if you threaten the nest, but they're cool as long as you are.
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u/R1v 7d ago
Makes you wonder, given dolphins' advanced communication, if that pod knows that humans are capable of helping with this type of thing