Would you: save the last female lion in the world or a loved one?

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Which would you save?

If you were hanging over a cliff, and in one hand you were holding onto a member of your close family (sister or brother) and in the other hand you were holding the last female lion in the world and thus the species' only chance for survival - which one would you save?

Pretend that if you let the other go, you could definitely lift the other to safety because the lion is a cub and that the lion is sedated so it wouldn't kill / maul you.

(edited 9 years ago)

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Reply 1

aka r

A loved one I guess, you could easily extract the dna of a dead lion, and clone it

Reply 2

SHOO

Original post by aka r

A loved one I guess, you could easily extract the dna of a dead lion, and clone it

Like ethics would ever allow that :/

Reply 3

felamaslen

Original post by aka r

A loved one I guess, you could easily extract the dna of a dead lion, and clone it

Actually, that would be quite difficult.

Reply 4

Last Day Lepers

Original post by SHOO

Like ethics would ever allow that :/

Why wouldn't "ethics" allow for it?

Reply 5

aka r

Original post by felamaslen

Actually, that would be quite difficult.

Well they cloned dolly the sheep, same principle is it not?

Reply 6

aka r

Original post by SHOO

Like ethics would ever allow that :/

What is more unethical cloning a lion or cloning a human? Anyway how would you clone a loved one, what if your cloned loved one doesnt love you anymore?

Reply 7

vee_wuvshugs

Loved one obviously :rolleyes:

Reply 8

Zakirkhan

Loved one I don't care about lions.

Reply 9

felamaslen

Original post by aka r

Well they cloned dolly the sheep, same principle is it not?

Cloning Dolly the sheep was no easy task, and to do so as an attempt to resurrect an extinct species would be unprecedented. I'm not saying it would be impossible, but to say it is "easy" is wrong.

Reply 10

porksandwich

Obviously loved one, **** the lion.

I would worry about the mental state of anyone who would save the lion.

Reply 11

incipientT

Loved one- I'm not *that* concerned about saving a species.

Reply 12

blueskyblue

Loved one > Lion

Lion > Stranger

Reply 13

joker12345

Loved one, don't even have to think.

Reply 14

Captain Jack

Original post by aka r

A loved one I guess, you could easily extract the dna of a dead lion, and clone it

Has there actually been a programme that's successfully cloned extinct animals?

Reply 15

themorninglight

Who in their right mind would save the lion?

Reply 16

Captain Jack

Original post by themorninglight

Who in their right mind would save the lion?

There's quite a lot at stake... Being known forever more as the person who wiped out the lion species. Granted, if you went the other way you'd go down as killing your own brother or something :lol: