Our flat coat retriever came out of the woods a few years back with a baby kitten in her mouth. My wife and I just happened to be outside.
We walked towards the place where she came from and she lead us back to a litter of newborn feral kittens. That flat coat retriever, Tula, is the smartest animal I’ve ever owned.
Animals can really surprise you. (Of course, the retriever may have just seen this as part of her job, right? “Oh, this is something Master will want to see!!”)