Crabs feel and remember pain

[digital-audiophile]

Interesting read on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/27/crabs.memorypain/index.html

[justinl]

I'm sorry, but I feel studies like this are just a waste of funding and resources. Wild populations of marine animals are tanking and this researcher's main concern is ethical treatment of crustaceans as food? Knowing that decapods can feel pain isn't going to clear up any vital life history traits which might help us conserve wild populations. This is kind of like making sure your tank glass is free of algae while your livestock is dying because of ammonia exposure. Guy must be a PETA member.

[spreerider]

sounds very peta like to me

[new but handy]

wow we should probably spend billions to try to convince all animals that it is not nice to eat crustaceans

[pastout]

proabably goverment funded reasearch to haha what a waste of money yet again. Why cant people just enjoy being at the top of the food chain haha