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2006-09-01 06:59:58 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I don't know either, but I like to think they do. It makes killing them all the more satisfying.. I hate bugs.
2006-09-01 07:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do Bugs Feel Pain
2016-10-13 22:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by bastick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. This is a common question, and it's not entirely philosophical. Pain as WE experience it is based on our nervous system. We have special nerve cells called "nociceptors" whose sole purpose is to create the sensation of pain. Without those special cells, we wouldn't feel pain. There are, in fact, medical conditions which can selectively kill those cells - the best known is leprosy, but there are others. I personally had a mild seizure once that wiped out the connection to the nociceptors in my left leg, and to this day I cannot feel geuine pain in my left leg - I can tell when I'm being touched, and can tell how much pressure is being applied and to how small or large an area, but (for example) there is no difference for me in the feeling of being poked by a pencil versus an icepick, nor any difference in being touched by an ice cube versus a boiling hot piece of metal. Insects and other arthropods don't have any nociceptors. They can feel sensations, but PAIN is definitely NOT one of them. Their responses are therefore very different from ours. Aside from my own personal example of what it's like not to feel pain, consider this: if you gently grab an insect's leg and hold it, it will struggle violently. If you snap the leg off, it stops struggling and calmly limps away. If they felt pain, it would be the exact opposite.
As for emotions, no, they most definitely do not experience emotions. Things like hunger, thirst, fatigue, and sex drive are not emotions, they are physical sensations.
I hope this helps,
2006-09-01 07:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course they feel pain. I hate soldier ants and of course they come into my kitchen late at night. So one night I grabbed a cup and smashed one with it. Only being that I hit half of its body, the back end. So, it was still alive. I knew it was in pain cause it curled into a tight ball and it squirmed. I felt so bad for the bug. Now I just pick them up and move them into my garage. It doesnt matter wheather it is a dog, cat, bird, fish or a bug every thing feels pain.
2006-09-01 10:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was just wonder that same thing myself. If they do feel pain--what horrible lives they have. A man names Rene Descartes (1700-1800's?) used to believe that animals did not feel pain, so he dissected them while they were alive !!!! That is so painful to even think about. I HOPE that insects are too basic to feel pain. Otherwise, imagine the pain of a child with a magnifying glass or being squished to death. It's just horrible!!
2006-09-01 07:06:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, no, they feel pressure. There are parts of your body, that feel only pressure, even when cut -- your large intestine, for example. Pain is a highly developed sense, and invertebrates lack the "wiring" for pain. Pain is even lacking in the first three months of a fetus, who again only feels pressure.
2006-09-01 07:04:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As with humans who are killed instantly, there is no pain (no time for the pain signal to reach the brain).
2006-09-01 08:22:16 · answer #7 · answered by seaofcolour 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do. Don't kill bugs, if a giant came up to you and sat on you, squishing you into a pile of red icky stuff, would you like it??
2006-09-01 07:01:40 · answer #8 · answered by Ale 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think that every creature feels the pain when you kill it..
you would feel the same way too
2006-09-01 07:02:33 · answer #9 · answered by Depy greece!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to the discovery channel it depends on how fast u kill them
2006-09-01 07:02:10 · answer #10 · answered by lester f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋