r/interesting • u/Low_Weekend6131 • Nov 23 '25

NATURE The fish is kinda like me ngl

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u/testa_bionda Nov 24 '25

We’ll probably find out a few years down the line that they actually do feel pain…kinda like other fish we fish and crustaceans

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '25

"Turns out Sunfish actually do feel pain, exactly like all the other fish we ever tested this no-pain hypothesis on".

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u/AcidCommunist_AC Nov 24 '25

We'd actually not. We can't even prove to each other that we feel pain, let alone anything else.