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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrvu7P1Sp24 In this video] a lion saves a baby rhinoceros from getting eaten by hyenas...because he wanted the hyenas to get away from a carcass.
* One of the wackiest versions of this, This Troper read(he forgets where)was a Japanese Army officer in [[World War II]] who learned of one of those stupid "The Jews are going to [[Take Over the World]] [[Conspiracy Theories]], believed every word of it. And befriended the Jews on the grounds of,[[Fridge Brilliance|"Those must be great guys to cozy up too."]]
* This is common among [[The Empire|empires]] who will often protect the peasants in their domain from robbers-because someone has to pay taxes after all.
**One Roman emperor regularly chided his Procurators,"Sheer the sheep don't slaughter them", meaning if you charge to much in taxes your subjects will be destitute next year and there will be no more revenue. Not all Emperors had that much good sense and at many times in Roman history the government treated the people like a strangler vine treats a tree.
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