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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      1 day ago

      I don’t know anything at all about sponges. Never held one, never seen a live one in nature.

      🤷‍♂️

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        23 hours ago

        Come to think about it, ive never seen one in nature either. Are sponges even real?

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            17 hours ago

            well fuck. What other lies have they pushed on us? Is earth even flat? I bet its not even on a turtle back drifting through space. Im so lost and confused.

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              17 hours ago

              The turtles are real, just not holding up the earth. Saw that shit on that newly leaked cartoon Avatar The last Airbender movie. They’re there.

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                16 hours ago

                oh thank fuck. For a minute there i was starting to question my entire understanding of reality and the world as we know it. Whew Praise be to turtle.