WATCH: Heroic Taiwanese tortoise saves its flipped-over friend

By Erik Crouch, December 19, 2014

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Speaking as a tortoise, if you find yourself flipped upside down, you're essentially a goner. Once that shell hits grass, man, you don't stand a chance. Unless, of course, a miracle happens, as did in the Taipei Zoo.

In a video humbly entitled "Amazing!!!The tortoise turning over, smart companion has saved it..." we watch magic happen: pure tortoise-helping-tortoise action.

This is the kind of stuff that lets us think there's hope in the world, folks. The video has racked up more than 3 million views since it was posted last month, and has recently gone completely, utterly viral.

We've also gone ahead and GIF'd it for your viewing/Wechat sticker pleasure:

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