The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

Crickets that received the hot probe “overwhelmingly” directed their attention to the affected antenna – they groomed it more frequently, and tended to it over a longer period of time, he says. “They weren’t just agitated and flustered. They were directing their attention to the actual antennae that was hit with this hot probe.”

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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca -2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Now whose putting human emotions on a bug. They are not small humans and do not have the same emotions.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

I'm not talking about emotions. Pain is not an emotion. Pain is a sensation.