very difficult questions about life

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epickoala123

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This is a thread where people can put up very difficult questions. This thread has two main purposes, confuse fellow zoochatters, and think about life. Here's some tricky questions.

If you are on the top floor of a skyscraper, wich is on fire, and you can only save on person, who would you save? a doctor with the cure for cancer, or your mum/dad/wife/husband/girlfriend/best friend.

If the mayans predictions are correct, and you can only save a mating pair, of any animal, which ten species would you save?

look forward to your questions/ answers.

epickoala123
 
I would save my family member/loved one. We can always sift through the doctor's notes to figure out his cure. Besides, in this day and age, researchers work in teams, so his colleague should also have the cure.

For my Noah's ark? Hmm... David Attenborough's list is as good as any.
 
The first question is not difficult to answer at all. Ethically, and without emotions, you save the person who will benefit humanity the most/do the least amount of harm. You have to go with the doctor.
 
no, nanoboy is right. The doctor doesn't carry the cure in his head alone. He has all the testing and documentation to support him so his cure for cancer is still readily accessible. Save your loved one.

The second question makes no sense. If the world ends there is no need to save anything. The world has ended.
 
So when you speculate about saving "the doctor" you are not talking about whether or not to save "The Doctor"?

And if the misunderstanding of the Mayan calendar is what turns out to happen, is "saving" anyone even an option?
 
Sorry, the Mayan prediction is a bad example. I really mean like a Noah's ark like flood, that destroys land and habitats.
 
Chlidonias said:
The second question makes no sense. If the world ends there is no need to save anything. The world has ended.
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I assume he means to put them on a space ship in stasis to journey into the great unknown to be found by intelligent, technologically advanced aliens with a planet similar to our own. :D

Here's a question that probably has a simple answer:

How come a lion can mate with a jaguar to produce offspring, yet a human and a chimpanzee cannot?
 
nanoboy said:
How come a lion can mate with a jaguar to produce offspring, yet a human and a chimpanzee cannot?
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1. Different genera (Panthera x Panthera vs. Homo x Pan)

2. Different number of chromosomes (46 vs 48)

3. Maybe we can make Humanzees, it hasn't been tried yet, but I for one don't want to volunteer for the experiment.
 
jbnbsn99 said:
The first question is not difficult to answer at all. Ethically, and without emotions, you save the person who will benefit humanity the most/do the least amount of harm. You have to go with the doctor.
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How heartless yet so heartful.

I'd save my family member for the same reasons nanoboy said.

Hmmm. Very difficult question. Two points I'd like to bring up first. One, if the world is going to end how are we going to save these species and ourselves- speceship? Two, you'd need at least three to save the species. Two would (maybe) make a second generation but then they'd all die out unless you're going to make them suffer by inbreeding them. Three animals allows for a higher possibility that the species will continue to survive and increases the chance of breeding.
1) South China Tiger
2) Asiatic Lion
3) Bornean Pygmy Elephant
4) Orinoco River Dolphin
5) Tasmanian Devil
6) Bornean Rhinoceros
7) Dhole
8) Komodo Dragon
9) Whale Shark
10) Human (You can't get lonely!!;))

Orca, Emperor Penguin, Sri Lankan Leopard, Asiatic Cheetah, African Forest Elephant, Steller Sea Eagle, and Hawaiian Monk Seal were runner ups.

~Thylo:cool:
 
jbnbsn99 said:
In vitro fertilization.
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Would in-vitro work to make a humanzee? I am pretty sure that humans have been shagging animals (other primates included) for millenia. Indeed, I would not be surprised if the Japanese and the Germans tried in-vitro in WWII, and the Russians/Americans tried it during the Cold War.
 
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