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If the crickets are "slow roasted" alive, that is cruel (and alarming) although I certainly hope and would think this isn't the case. Anyone have any clarifica
by quail 13y ago
If the crickets are "slow roasted" alive, that is cruel (and alarming) although I certainly hope and would think this isn't the case.
Anyone have any clarification?
- ars 13y agoI don't know how they make them, but keep in mind crickets can't feel pain, and are cold blooded (so can't really feel temperature either).
- quail 13y agoThey can't feel pain? You have a citation for that claim?
- ars 13y ago> You have a citation for that claim? You can use google just as well as I can. Search for "insect feel pain". They don't have the necessary nerves to carry pain signals. As an example, if you cut off part of the leg of an ant it keeps walking like normal, and doesn't show any indication that it felt anything. (They used this with a cool experiment that showed ants count steps when navigating - the shorter legs meant they walked a shorter distance, but kept the same number of steps.)
- quail 13y agoI did research this topic and recent studies show insects DO feel pain, and unlike you I have a citation to back it up: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867403002721 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867403...
- ars 13y agoNo, this shows the larva are able to sense heat, not pain. Read the actual paper, not the title.
- coldarchon 13y agoI have a small insect farm as a side project with a friend who is a real farmer, our products are shock-frozen for local restaurants or freeze-dried for shipment orders. They dont feel anything.