Oops Crabs Can Feel Pain

“The capacity for pain in these animals has been questioned, and this study provides further evidence that can be used to determine the welfare implications and humane treatment of decapod crustaceans.”

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[sakurasfish]

That crab of the experiment had a really bad day though

[PeteysPonderings]

I watched crabs trying to escape a boiling pot of water as a kid. Hard to imagine anyone denying they want to avoid pain

[CliffDiverBOA]

Are we… surprised by this? I never assumed the crabs don’t feel pain. Did people really boil crabs and think it didn’t hurt them?

[alexkehoepwj]

"boiling things alive is uncool"

So controversial, yet so brave

[crashstudis]

My father used to work with them on a lab (ecotoxicology, heavy metal poisoning and that) and once, a student had thebrillant idea of feeding crabs bits of octupus tentacles.
The crabs started to jump out of their tank. Like, really scared of it. So they might not only feel conscious pain, but actual fear.

[slacksthegreat]

Crab people crab people walk like crab talk like people.

[PastaAivo]

It would be most logical to assume that pain is the absolute first conscious sensation there is. How better to avoid danger, regardless of how simple the actual creature is. The feeling might even be severely heightened, since there's little capacity for them to feel anything else.

[ajaxbird]

I mean, it sounds like the question isn't "should we eat crabs" and more "should we change the way we cook crabs"

[dbrownss]

I always assumed animals were super uncool with being killed and eaten.

[Shaddymaze]

Thanks for the short. Now it's time to get back to the news.

[TheZeroLatitud]

Im surprised this study came to be this late. Who would have guessed animals can feel pain when being boiled alive?

[yashbutno]

It's crazy how people can tell themselves that animals (including mammals) don't feel pain.

[albertgore]

It’s so strange how we often assume something can’t feel pain until proven otherwise rather than the other way around.

[joeswanson]

The fact crabs often regularly tear off their limbs and can fully feel the pain is metal as hell

[jetseekers]

There's a reason Gordon Ramsay always dispatched his larger crustaceans when cooking them (specifically Lobsters witn Jeremy Clarkson and king crabs in Norway)

[Thatoneguyx]

When the crab people show up I’m eatin them too

[therealteal]

The experience of pain is an incredible evolutionary trait to avoid death and procreate. For crabs to have been so successful as a species it’s more crazy to think they wouldn’t feel pain.

[RoyArrowood]

Reminds me of Descartes torturing dogs because the didn't have souls and were just automata mimicking pain

[Falschera]

"Crabs can't scream, it's just air escaping their lungs."

"That's what screams are!"

[val]

_"Are ya feeling it now, Mr Krabs?"_