What I'm saying — since you're apparently too dense to ponder it out for yourself — is that if you and a dog, cat or even a hamster were trapped in a burning house and I only had time to save one of you I'm saving the animal.  The two exceptions are; 1) you're a kid under 2 or 3 years old, or 2) you are a friend or relative of mine.  Otherwise there's nothing about you that makes you more important than the hamster.