Ankit Gupta Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 do insects also feel pain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arete Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 It's a good question. It seems the answer is "probably". "Available data are consistent with the idea of pain in some invertebrates and go beyond the idea of just nociception, but are not definitive." http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?refid=212638 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nehushtan Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 do insects also feel pain ? William Shakespeare certainly thought so. In Act 3 Scene 1 of Measure for Measure he wrote: And the poor beetle that we tread upon In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. But then Shakespeare was no biologist … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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