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They can't feel pain? You have a citation for that claim?

• ars 13y ago
  > You have a citation for that claim? You can use google just as well as I can. Search for "insect feel pain". They don't have the necessary nerves to carry pain signals. As an example, if you cut off part of the leg of an ant it keeps walking like normal, and doesn't show any indication that it felt anything. (They used this with a cool experiment that showed ants count steps when navigating - the shorter legs meant they walked a shorter distance, but kept the same number of steps.)
  • quail 13y ago
    I did research this topic and recent studies show insects DO feel pain, and unlike you I have a citation to back it up: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867403002721 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867403...
    • ars 13y ago
      No, this shows the larva are able to sense heat, not pain. Read the actual paper, not the title.