Do "Insects" Feel Pain ?

Question

Do they have Pain Nerves ?

Just Curious ...

Answer 1

even plants feel pain

Answer 2

when you pull an ant's leg off, don't you see it writhing around in pain, trying to run away from you?

insects have developed nerves... most organisms with nerves can sense pain

plants do not have nerves

being warm or cold blooded does not have to do with the ability to feel pain

Answer 3

of course they do

every living being feels pain

Answer 4

I kill them real fast, just in case they do. . . . .

Answer 5

yes they do, every living thing do in its own way.

However their pain is not like ours, we have special nerve cells in our bodies know as nociceptors (spelling mistake may be) they produce sensation of pain in our body. It is through these cells that we understand the type of wound, cut or burn on our body.

Insects do not have nociceptors in their body, their nervous system is directly connected to their muscular parts. Whenever we do some cruelty on insects like breaking their leg, they cannot analyze the problem. Their nervous system orders them to move the leg but in actual they don't have that leg to move.

bottom line is: their nervous system does not generate feedback on problem, so they keep struggling to solve an unknown problem which is quiet painful for them.

Considering this fact I never kill an insect or trouble them just for fun. I just push them away when they try to trouble me or kill them only when they cause havoc (like coming on some food).

God has made us humans perfect species in universe and insects are inferior beings so why trouble them without any reason.

Answer 6

yes they do but your higher in the chain so dont feel bad inflicting it on them

Answer 7

i kill them fast to, are they warm blooded? if they are then yes, they probably do feel pain, if they are cold blooded then they probably dont.

Answer 8

ofcourse they feel pain

all living beings have feeling

even plants have feeling eg. drosera-insectivorus plant

Answer 9

no they don't