2007-01-26 11:56:54 · 17 answers · asked by dantistryfiliya 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
The thing to look at is the nervous system...If it has a brain and a spinal cord with nerves extending from it, I think it would be a pretty safe bet to say that yes it could feel pain. So, snakes and fish are in. Does it only have a nerve net and can grow a second head if partially split, like a planaria can, then I think you are safe that pain isn't really high on its nervous system abilities.
2007-01-26 12:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by Ellie S 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They would have to otherwise they would go extinct. I was once photographing a wild rat snake. It wouldnt hold still so I kept pickin it up and setting it down so it would sit still and it kept tryin to get away. So I held it to the ground with my hand and it immediatly bit. I think I pressed it to hard because the numerous times I repositioned it, before and after the bite, it never tried to bite me. I hurt the snake, it felt pain and reacted.
2007-01-27 07:22:16 · answer #2 · answered by rock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other day I was watching nematodes (tiny tiny, literally almost microscopic white worms) crawl on my tank glass. One fell and landed on the back of my 7 inch goldfish. The goldfish felt this tiny creature and went nuts scraping against a rock to get it off. If the goldfish had nerves enough to feel something so tiny through her scales, do you think they could feel pain? Obviously.
2007-01-26 20:06:12 · answer #3 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. All living creatures do. Otherwise they would have become extinct.
Leprosy is a disease where the nerve cells die off, that is why people with it are disfigured and die. They don't feel any pain and get hurt really bad and don't even know it.
2007-01-26 20:01:12 · answer #4 · answered by ANSWER MY QUESTION!! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
of course they do they have a nervous system too, wich is wath makes us humans feel pain cold or anything else you could think of that involves a feeling related to the outside world
2007-01-26 20:18:41 · answer #5 · answered by guitarman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As they both have nervous systems, it would be reasonable to expect that they can indeed feel pain.
2007-01-26 20:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I accidentally scratched my snake once with my ring and he flinched and went into his hide. He never flinches with me!
2007-01-26 20:13:35 · answer #7 · answered by BimboBaggins 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course they do
how do you think a fish feels when a hook goes through his body
2007-01-26 20:04:50 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do have a nervous system and nerves so yeah they feel pain.
2007-01-26 22:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by Dale d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a silly question.
Of course they do.
2007-01-27 03:08:02 · answer #10 · answered by j 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋