Do fish respond emotionally to pain?
Some studies below
2003- Dr. James D. Rose (Reviews of Fisheries Science) concludes that animals need specific regions of the cerebral cortex in order to feel pain. And fish do not have them.
2005- Norwegian study reports crustaceans (lobsters and crabs) don't have the capacity to feel pain either. Crustaceans have about 100,000 neurons, while the simplest vertebrates have upwards of 100 billion.
May 2009- Dr Joseph (Applied Animal Behaviour Science) raised the temperatures in goldfish tanks- when temperatures returned to normal the fish were stressed, and exhibited fear which effected their future behavior.
March 2009- Dr Bob Elwood (Queen's University) found that crabs not only feel pain but remember it well after the sensation has passed, affecting their future decisions.
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