As heartening as it always is to hear about people who went above and beyond to make life better for an animal in need, we can sometimes find that the animals have our backs just as much as we have theirs.
So many people within the last year can attest to how much their pets have helped them mentally, but some animals have also proven themselves to be life-saving in times of emergency.
And while we can often point to dogs as the big heroes in these situations, we can't always predict which animal is going to be at the right place in the nick of time.
As we're about to see, one swimmer was lucky enough to have a whole group of them watching over him when he needed them the most.