Do fish feel pain like we do?

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Do fish feel pain like we do? #476345 07/19/17 01:28 AM
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,869 Likes: 303 East Texas, USA A anthropic
anthropic A Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,869 Likes: 303 East Texas, USA	Interesting article on the subject here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808123719.htm Consensus seems to be that fish brain & nervous system is too different from ours for it to feel pain the way we do. At least, this idea is unproven. Note that Germany has outlawed fishing that doesn't involve killing & eating the fish. All in the name of protecting fish! Last edited by anthropic; 07/19/17 01:43 AM. 7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? anthropic #476360 07/19/17 07:31 AM
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Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,676 Likes: 509 40 N, 82 1/2 W	I had a cat hanging on my lower lip by one claw once; I've never seen a hooked fish act as distressed as I was then. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? Theo Gallus #476368 07/19/17 09:09 AM
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DrLuke Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 646 Likes: 94 Grinnell, IA	"He who thinks he can and he thinks he can't, they're both usually right." - Wyatt Hendrickson, 2025 NCAA Hwt Champion

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? anthropic #476370 07/19/17 09:21 AM
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CJD C Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 61 Fl, USA	I think they have a lot less pain receptors as well.

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? anthropic #476379 07/19/17 10:22 AM
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Bob-O Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,386 Butler In. Very NE corner	I consider myself as being conscious of our enviorment and trying to be reasonable about my behavior regarding it. There are some folks that think plants and yes, even stones have feelings. Have to admit that my stones have feelings and I don't mean the ones surronding the trees. Never heard my grass say ewww, ouch, help or stop that you inconsiderate bully. Do fish fall in love? Do they thank God every evening that they weren't caught and slowly suffocated in a cooler with insufficent DO? Paleeez! Do nature a favor, spay/neuter your pets and any weird friends or relatives.

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? anthropic #476381 07/19/17 10:36 AM
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John Fitzgerald J Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 2,436 Likes: 22 S. end of Elkins, Arkansas	So, no catch and release in germany? What if you catch a three inch minnow?

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? anthropic #476385 07/19/17 11:37 AM
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Quarter Acre Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 2,346 Likes: 108 West Central Missouri	I admit that I did not read the article... If a scientist could prove that fish feel (or don't feel) pain, I would not understand his explanation. All I can say is that animals do feel pain. I know this by their reactions to uncomfortable situations that they get in. Pull on your dog's ear good and hard: he/she will return the pain to your hand or at least yelp and cry. Is it the same pain as humans? - close enough! Do I feel sympathy? - some, not enough to keep me from feeding myself, but surely enough to not go around pulling dog's ears... Genesis 9:3 - Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Fish on!, Noel

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? anthropic #476390 07/19/17 12:27 PM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	Fish react to negative stimulus in several forms. Just like a dog with its ear pulled it moves away (escape). The question is do fish feel pain like humans . Not based on biology of the brain and nervous system. Fish are not comparable to humans in terms of anatomy and physiology.

Re: Do fish feel pain like we do? John Fitzgerald #476394 07/19/17 12:47 PM
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anthropic A Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,869 Likes: 303 East Texas, USA	Originally Posted By: John F So, no catch and release in germany? What if you catch a three inch minnow? Sushi 7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160

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