[Mr. Silverback]

It could be that species which have learned to take care of each other have a better chance of surviving and reproducing.

So that explains a human getting a needle shoved in their arm in order to help someone they've never met, a person who may indeed damage society?

Also, couldn't your animal examples point to God as well, that He has established an order that includes mercy? The fact that they're animals doesn't mean their behavior is removed from the Creator, if he exists.

[Riodacat]

Also, couldn't your animal examples point to God as well, that He has established an order that includes mercy? The fact that they're animals doesn't mean their behavior is removed from the Creator, if he exists.

Of course, there is nothing stopping anyone from constructing any hypothesis.
The beauty of attributing all good behavior to an invisible all powerful being is that it requires no testing, research or analysis, - just faith.
Bad behavior, otoh, is a tad more problematic.. ;)

[steve-b]

So that explains a human getting a needle shoved in their arm in order to help someone they've never met, a person who may indeed damage society?

Obviously yes, given the observed fact that people of all religions, and of no religion, do so.