Do insects have feelings? and how do you know?

Answer 1

Some would say that insects do not have emotions.It is due to the fact that emotion is not usually associated with insect per observation. That could be due to the inability of the insect's exoskeleton to move muscles' surface and skin that one can interpret as a smile or other facial emotion.

The reflexive insects' reaction to environmental cues are usually not interpreted as emotion. Science suggests that insects reactions are simple reflexes. In humans, emotions are associated with the release of a chemicals called endorphins in the brain. Endorphins have also have been discovered in the insect brain. So if human is feeling happy, there is a release of endomorphins. In case of insects, is release of endomorphins mean just a reflex? If that a case, we can think that human release of endomorphin as well is a reflex? Well, science needs to unveil th etruth on that.

Anyway I still believe insects do have feelings but they feel things very differently from the way you or I do. Generally we understand that lower forms animals like insects appear limited to sensation. But social insects demonstrate advanced learning capability which was previously thought impossible. By certain movements of the body and of parts of the body, especially the wings, antennae, and jaws, and by sounds made by various organs in sundry ways, they convey to one another the primitive and simple emotions of their hind and of all animate beings. We may not understand but surely insects do have feelings that could be understood by them.

Answer 2

Do Insects Have Feelings

Answer 3

Insects such as ants may not have feelings.

Functional MRI and brain studies indicated that feelings originate from distinct locations in the vertebrate brain.

It is known that ants do not have a centralized nervous system. Instead of a brain, they possess clumps of ganglia which are distributed down the length of their bodies which integrate neuronal feedback from external receptors.

They can communicate to other ants by chemical signals and can see light because they have photoreceptors within their compound eyes. These signals get processed by the closest ganglia, and this is the extent of their neuronal function.

As they lack the physical machinery where thoughts/feelings originate from, they physically cannot produce thoughts/feelings.

Answer 4

ok well if you put a bee in a jar, and put the top on and shake it like theres no tomorrow. And take it out there is a 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% guarantee that it will sting you because it is mad/ angry
and angry is a feeling

Answer 5

Yes. They are always telling me their problems.

Answer 6

Just bee-cause.

Answer 7

Yes. All living things do.

Answer 8

no and huh