Object Class: neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: N/A
description: 4689 refers to a pride of African Lions-a species deemed extinct in 2037. The lions have no anomalous characteristics-they're just a bunch a lions, being, lions.
4689 was discovered in Angola, around 2143-after a bunch of reports of farmers having their livestock being mauled by, and I quote, 'giant hairy cheetahs'.
I propose we change the name 'lions' to 'giant hairy cheetahs', because hell, they're not wrong.
After the containment of 4689, the Foundation discredited the reports using, ah, the cadavers of genetically modified hyenas.
By the order of the Ethics Committee, all instances of 4689 have been euthanized, circa October 2150.
Previously, it was decided that this pride of lions was going to be released into the wild, but due to the fact that they're all old as fuck, it'd be a better idea just to end their misery. Besides, the public already accepts that lions have gone extinct for good.
Perhaps we should take a moment to imagine if another beloved species went extinct.
Imagine, for a moment, that the mighty Shoebill Stork went extinct. Gone. Forever. I, for one, would be truly disappointed if I could not hear the strangely soothing noise of those unwieldy birds' beaks.
It's a hollow noise, somewhat like hitting a drum, and every morning, whenever I wake from a horrible bout of what people call sleep, regretting all that ever has been, I feel like a part of me that has never quite existed comes rushing back.
Every morning, they beckon to us.
Every morning we blissfully ignore their presence.
Every morning, they near. Give them what they seek. Bread, wisdom, your third child. Whatever they want. Please.
And now, a notice from the records, information, and general mayhem security administration:
Turns out the document on which this is based was discovered in a Zoo, in Ohio. I suppose there are things other than buildings and wheat there-and apparently, analysis of the park has revealed (gasp!) temporal manipulation. Clocks showed different times, plants were abnormally existing, and the bathroom has temporal rot.
The discussion of the Foundation's place in protecting endangered species is now ongoing, probably.
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