Jun 12, 2025 06:41 PM
Don't blame it on Descartes. Numerous scientists and researchers throughout the decades have likewise advanced the idea that fish don't feel pain. As recent as...
Here: "The researchers conclude that fish do not have the neuro-physiological capacity for a conscious awareness of pain."
And here: "While mammals and birds possess the prerequisite neural architecture for phenomenal consciousness, it is concluded that fish lack these essential characteristics and hence do not feel pain."
They're even worse about it when it comes to crustaceans.
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Fish feel intense pain for 20 minutes after catch — so why are we letting them suffocate?
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/anima...suffocate/
INTRO: Here’s a horror scenario for your day: you’re pulled into a vacuum. No air, no escape. Your body screams for oxygen. You twist, writhe, panic, but there’s nothing. Now imagine this lasts 10-20 minutes. That’s how billions of fish die every year.
Now, you’re probably thinking “Fish don’t feel the same way I do” — and that’s almost certainly correct. But they do feel, and they do feel pain.
Rainbow trout, among the most farmed fish on Earth, are a good example. According to a new study in Scientific Reports, when these fish are killed by air asphyxiation they endure between 1.9 and 21.7 minutes of pain that lasts from moderate to excruciating.
For much of human history, we assumed that animals — especially those unlike us — didn’t really feel pain. Philosopher René Descartes infamously argued that animals were mere automatons, reacting without consciousness, and this view stuck around for centuries, justifying everything from factory farming to invasive research.
Pain was seen as a privilege of the human mind, stemming from our supposed superiority. But science has steadily dismantled that idea. Studies have now shown that mammals, birds, fish, and even some invertebrates like octopuses exhibit behavioral and neurological responses consistent with pain and suffering.,, (MORE - details)
RELATED (wikipedia): Pain in fish
Here: "The researchers conclude that fish do not have the neuro-physiological capacity for a conscious awareness of pain."
And here: "While mammals and birds possess the prerequisite neural architecture for phenomenal consciousness, it is concluded that fish lack these essential characteristics and hence do not feel pain."
They're even worse about it when it comes to crustaceans.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fish feel intense pain for 20 minutes after catch — so why are we letting them suffocate?
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/anima...suffocate/
INTRO: Here’s a horror scenario for your day: you’re pulled into a vacuum. No air, no escape. Your body screams for oxygen. You twist, writhe, panic, but there’s nothing. Now imagine this lasts 10-20 minutes. That’s how billions of fish die every year.
Now, you’re probably thinking “Fish don’t feel the same way I do” — and that’s almost certainly correct. But they do feel, and they do feel pain.
Rainbow trout, among the most farmed fish on Earth, are a good example. According to a new study in Scientific Reports, when these fish are killed by air asphyxiation they endure between 1.9 and 21.7 minutes of pain that lasts from moderate to excruciating.
For much of human history, we assumed that animals — especially those unlike us — didn’t really feel pain. Philosopher René Descartes infamously argued that animals were mere automatons, reacting without consciousness, and this view stuck around for centuries, justifying everything from factory farming to invasive research.
Pain was seen as a privilege of the human mind, stemming from our supposed superiority. But science has steadily dismantled that idea. Studies have now shown that mammals, birds, fish, and even some invertebrates like octopuses exhibit behavioral and neurological responses consistent with pain and suffering.,, (MORE - details)
RELATED (wikipedia): Pain in fish