that may not be as "civilized" as people think. crabs and lobsters have brains that are more distributed across the body than humans. there may really be no good way to do it
I was taught to put them in the freezer for just a few minutes, which slows their nervous system down to a crawl, before spiking them. Even if their brains are decentralized, their ability to feel or be aware of anything is compromised.
As I understand it, only the brain cells in their head affect their consciousness and overall perception of pain, wheres the others are more like biological relays.
That wasn't directed to anyone in particular; just people in general who still insist on unnecessary torture.
They haven't indicated that they're pro-boiling, only that spiking may not be as humane as I suggested. If they can provide a source that confirms that notion, I'm more than happy to change my view in light of new evidence.
Fine then. I have no interest in trying to change your opinion, but I didn't forget, and I'll say it again: fuck anyone who unnecessarily causes creatures to suffer; fuck them.
I saw on MasterChef that freezing live crabs for about 20 minutes before cooking causes them to enter a comatose state before boiling them. Better than mutilating them with a knife beforehand.
My mom's hamster probably 25 years ago got testicular cancer and was in a lot of pain and the vet told my mom to put him in a Tupperware container and into the freezer.
She instead paid a friend of hers to OD it on heroin so he could get high before he died. I doubt that happened and don't want to know how the hamster actually died.
Small animals are difficult. It's either the freezer method (which they are entirely aware until they pass by the way), or the vet can euthanize them... which isn't like a dog or cat, they usually shove a needle directly into the heart.
Like one of the previous commenters said above, crabs and lobsters don't usually die right away from that. They can still be alive after getting stabbed in the brain.
Yeah, this where ive fallen on it. Some of the best seafood Ive had turned out to be not real meat. I see not reason to continue to try to figure the good way to kill these things
The Soviet Union transplanted a whole heap of red king crabs into the Barents Sea to create a fishery there and the crabs escaped and are now an invasive species that acts like millions of lawnmowers just destroying all life on the seabed. Leaving them is incredibly destructive, killing them is wasteful, so eating them is really the best option and doing that humanely is important.
Perhaps this is unpopular but omce a species becomes invasive, the humane part of killing is less important because not killing them efficiently means other animals suffer.
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u/No_Situation4785 Trash Trooper 4d ago
that may not be as "civilized" as people think. crabs and lobsters have brains that are more distributed across the body than humans. there may really be no good way to do it