If we care about suffering, that would be very bad news, considering how many insects there are. Also, I would be more surprised if they didn't feel pain. The

If we care about suffering, that would be very bad news, considering how many insects there are. Also, I would be more surprised if they didn't feel pain. The game, in all living things, is to live long enough to reproduce, and sustaining damage to one's body is detrimental to this objective. Pain is there to keep us from sustaining damage. Thus, why shouldn't insects feel pain? I would also like to know about physical pain vs. emotional (?) pain and/or fear in insects. Also, Consider the Lobster: http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf