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To be fair, it's not as if every human would invariably do it in a real life threatening situation for another human (even if it's their child) either. Though they might be devoured by guilt later.

It's really hard to give an honest answer to questions like this if you haven't actually been in the situation. We would like to think we would do what we want ourselves to do in those situations, but we simply don't know.

If you want a reliable answer, you have to put people's houses on fire and observe how they behave. But I don't think you'll find a grant for putting hundreds of babies/pets in mortal danger to see how their parents/owners cope.