Recent research has found that rats may have emotional empathy. An experiment offered the choice between a tempting chocolate treat, or rescuing a drowning rat, and they chose to rescue the drowning rat. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150514-rats-save-mates-from-drowning
During WW2, superstitious sailors in the navies would get a pig and a chicken tattooed on their feet to protect them from drowning. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.tattoodo.com/a/a-maritime-classic-the-pig-and-rooster-tattoo-5023
There is a colorless and odorless liquid you can breathe in which is called perfluorohexane. Animals can be submerged in it without drowning. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorohexane
Drowning in real life doesn’t look like the movies – WTF fun facts
Dolphins will try to rescue drowning people – WTF fun facts
The revival of a 2 year old after an hour of drowning – WTF fun facts
