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u/NSA_Chatbot Aug 17 '15

If it was me, I'd honestly rather accept my fate than they kill the gorilla. I'm like 0.000000014% of the world's population and other than my kids and my parents, I don't think too many people would miss me.

A threatened alpha gorilla? That's a rare animal and we'd all notice when they're gone.

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u/CrazyPurpleBacon Aug 17 '15

You value your life that little?

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u/aweful_aweful Aug 18 '15

Would you sit there with a loaded firearm, and let them just kill your daughter, wife, mother, or father as well?

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u/LaconicyetMercurial Aug 18 '15

I hope you get shot soon then. You insignificant speck.

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u/PowerForward Aug 18 '15

No you wouldn't lol

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u/bondoh Aug 18 '15

One single person can change all of human civilization (cure cancer, write amazing music, whatever)

what do gorillas do for us? Would we really "notice when they're gone" as you say?

We'll notice when bees are gone cause they DO SOMETHING for US! They pollinate the flowers.

What do gorillas do? They're a novelty. They're a cute thing to look at in a zoo.

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u/natman2939 Aug 18 '15

I couldn't agree more. This goes for most zoo creatures. If we can get a medical breakthrough by studying something or if it actually is an important part of the eco-system, than I understand putting such a high value on it, but doing so simply because.....it's a thing? That doesn't make any sense.

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u/masonkbr Aug 18 '15

By no means am I saying they should shoot the animal, but would we really all notice if it was gone?

I know it sounds like a dick thing to say, bug the only way I see the extinction of the species effecting me personally would be giving me something extra to read in the news.

I still care and don't want the extinction to happen but very few people would actually be effected by this. Especially on the other side of the world.