The giant reptiles have a reputation for being "opportunistic predators" - but chose to nudge the dog to safety, in what scientists say may be "sentient behaviour suggestive of cross-species empathy".
The journal explained that its analysis of the encounter was speculative, and acknowledged that the crocodiles’ kindness may simply have been due their lack of an appetite.
Exactly
So that’s TWO things. Kind and not hungry. Not “just not hungry.”