Can fish feel pain?


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Scientists do believe that fish can feel pain.

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One study found that fish had 58 sensory receptors around the mouth and reacted at lower levels of pain stimulation then humans.

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Many scientists have said that they do not, but new studies suggest that they may have pain receptors in their brain.

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Fish do feel pain, scientists say. You can read the full article at the link below. ChaCha again soon.

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Scientists, in 2003, said they had proved for the first time that fish feel pain. The study on rainbow trout by scientists MORE?

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A study concluded that animals need specific regions of the cerebral cortex in order to feel pain. And fish do not have them.

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There is actually rather a lot of science to back up the fact that fish do feel pain.

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A study on rainbow trout by scientists in Scotland found evidence that fish have feelings, including stress and pain. ChaCha!

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Scientific testing has proven that fish can feel pain.

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