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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[–] Cytobit@piefed.social -4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why would you assume another organism can feel pain without any proof? Rationalism requires skepticism.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

Why should anyone assume you can feel pain without evidence? You're not gonna like how the evidence is collected