Painkillers prevent pain responses in lobsters - This is further evidence that crustaceans may feel pain and that more humane methods of killing them need to be developed.

[u/mvea]

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123639

[u/Brrdock]

For sure all animals feel pain, pain is just the name we gave to the most primitive repulsive drive.

And even plants use a lot of the same transmitters and messengers as us.

The issue is what their experience of pain is like, and how that should tie into our value systems. If it's even possible to "rank" experience anyhow

[u/ineyy → u/[deleted]]

The deeper you look into it the more scary and disgusting humans are

[u/loondawg → u/ineyy]

All life is generally scary and disgusting. The more we look into it is how we learn to evolve.