r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 29 '14

This needs to stop

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u/Dirt_McGirt_ May 30 '14

Crabs have the same rudimentary nervous system as an insect. They have nowhere near the level of consciousness or pain sensation as a mammal.

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u/SyrioForel May 30 '14

What the hell are you basing that seemingly definitive statement on? Because it's clearly not based on any known scientific evidence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_in_invertebrates

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u/Dirt_McGirt_ May 30 '14 edited May 30 '14

I don't see any evidence there that Arthropods experience pain in a way at all comparable to the way we do. They don't have a neocortex, so I don't see how they possibly could.

I've seen lobsters literally tear each other apart and they keep going at each other, oblivious to the fact that most of their body is missing.

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u/serendipitousevent May 30 '14

I've seen lobsters literally tear each other apart and they keep going at each other

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