A man noticed splashing in his backyard pool, so he ran outside, only to find a drowning animal. He jumped into action, grabbing the pool skimmer net and carefully helping the exhausted animal out of the water. It was a marmot, and it survived, thanks to the man’s efforts.
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“OMG. #PoolRescue,” wrote Peter DeNoble, the New Jersey surgeon and Good Samaritan who saved the day by saving the marmot.
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After DeNoble plopped the marmot on the pool deck, he sat with it for a while, observing it and making sure it was okay. Though clearly alive, the animal appeared to be very tired after its ordeal. Thankfully, it walked away from its near-drowning incident.
Marmots are large rodents that live throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. Groundhogs (also called woodchucks) are a type of marmot, and some people in the video’s comment section believe this little survivor is a groundhog. Mostly, though, the comments praise DeNoble for caring about even the littlest of creatures.
Referencing the fact that DeNoble asked the animal if it was ok, one person commented: “Honestly, people that would rescue an animal like that and ask if it’s okay are my kinda people.”
Watch the rescue of a drowning animal from a man’s backyard pool here:
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