Crabs process pain in the same way as humans

[Magic_boXX]

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Crabs can feel pain, according to a new study - prompting calls for more humane ways to kill shellfish.

Boiling crabs and lobsters alive is a common method of cooking them in the kitchen.

But it is time to find less painful alternatives, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg who made the discovery about how the creatures process pain.

Eleftherios Kasiouras, a PhD candidate at the university, found painful stimuli are sent to and processed by a crab's brain, which he said was "just more proof" the animal can feel pain.

The study is the first research to show the creatures have a nervous system that can respond to harmful stimuli.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/crabs-feel-pain-scientists-find-prompting-calls-for-more-humane-ways-to-cook-shellfish-13261795

 

It's a common misconception that crabs and lobsters scream as you plunge them into boiling water to cook.

But even if this myth isn't true, scientists say there is still good reason to avoid this classic kitchen technique. 

Zoologists from the University of Gothenburg are calling for an immediate ban on boiling crabs alive after making a groundbreaking discovery.

The researchers have proven that crabs really can feel pain just like any other animal, meaning that being boiled is likely to be an excruciatingly painful death.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14127445/scientists-ban-boiling-crabs-study.html

 

 

[LittleCupid]

There's no such thing as humane slaughter.

Edited 11 hours ago by LittleCupid

[Kayseri Mantisi]

[ChooseyLover]

Meat eaters still doubting animals feel pain is honestly hilarious. Having nervous system = experiencing pain.

[HïFidelity]

Fairly obvious report. They are sentient animals… and I say this as someone who occasionally eats my body weight in lobster lol. 

[Saint James]

so crabs too felt the pain of Disease's floppage?

 

[Illuminati]

Wbk but the only people who will care about this will be those that didn't need this study to know it.

 

The torture is seen as entertaining and in some cases as part of the presentation. It's kinda the whole point and not just with shellfish

[Komet]

Wbk I told one in the aquarium that it's ugly and it hanged itself

[iiswhoiis_max]

I eat meat and I hate the thought of cooking any animal alive. Never ate any shellfish tho

[Thin White Duke]

Yeah, we can do better.

I've been living with the mantra of "eat only what you can kill yourself" and been mostly vegetarian since then, with the occasional fish dish. Never felt better.

[Aspookykid]

Sick how people treat lobsters & crabs. And they don't even taste that good 

[JoeAg]

crabs are so handsome but horseshoe crabs are the handsomest AND oldest AND aren't even actually crustaceans! the range!

[shyboi]

6 minutes ago, JoeAg said:

crabs are so handsome but horseshoe crabs are the handsomest AND oldest AND aren't even actually crustaceans! the range!

 

oh lord, what in the shape of the water is going on heree 

[Totami Legend]

can't believe it took me this long to become vegan / vegetarian 

[Cain]

Why… would animals not feel pain?

We're literally animals like… we come from the same lineage as them, we're literally mammals, we're wired the same way 😭

[Bloodflowers.]

Well we need to consume other living things (yes, that includes plants too) since we need their minerals for our bodies to properly function and be alive, but even if you don't get killed, your body will grow older and shut down itself and then other creatures will consume your dead body remainings in order for life to continue evolving and continuing

 

That's the circle of life 

 

[byzantium]

2 hours ago, Radical Pessimism said:

stingrays love to eat crabs and i don't see any anger from you guys. 

Nowhere in the OP did it mention stingrays capacity for love.  Reporting for being off topic.  
 

OP: I don't eat meat that is boiled alive.  It's never sat right with me.  But if your goal is to convince anyone to stop eating meat over this, remember that the plenty of humans are ok with the mass slaughter of other humans so I doubt many would be moved by this.  

[ChooseyLover]

Are you mad at scientific facts? @Elementary

[MonsterJohn]

Why it has to be so delicious tho it's their own fault