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We don’t understand the extent to which a wasp’s prey feel pain, so it’s hard to project a human sensibility like “cruelty” onto it. There isn’t strong evidence
by hudon 7y ago
We don’t understand the extent to which a wasp’s prey feel pain, so it’s hard to project a human sensibility like “cruelty” onto it. There isn’t strong evidence to suggest that they “feel” the way we do about things like pain and cruelty. A wasp’s prey being eaten inside-out could very well be as natural and pain-less as lava burning through the Earth’s skin.
- saiya-jin 7y agoPain is a survival reaction, natural feedback to avoid actions that damage/destroy the being. It was proven that even flowers feel a form of pain. Pain of smaller creatures might not be exactly same as what we experience, but there is no logical reason to think that feeling pain or other self-preservation instincts are absent. There is no point to think that unless you hear screams and cries all is good and fine.
- Sverigevader 7y agoMental (un)health is an example of this. Sometimes you can neither hear nor see it.
- refurb 7y agoSuffering is an emotional response to pain. Plenty of animals react to negative stimuli, but not all of them experience suffering.