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When small insect type creatures such as ants, daddy long legs etc.. loose a leg, do you think they feel the same amount of pain as we would if we were to loose a leg..

random question i know lol, but the amount of times daddy long legs loose legs is unaccountable, like say one is in my room i'll take it outside and iv done it to them by accident i feel really bad lol

Answer 1

Insects dont feel pain there nervous systens are not as advanced as ours

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/t...

Answer 2

It's not something i have ever thought about before but you have a good point.

Answer 3

The most disconcerting thing that can happen with a Daddy Longlegs is that if you try to handle one, one or more of its legs might fall off. This may be an adaptation to help the critter escape its predators. Unfortunately, the loss of legs can be fairly serious to a Daddy Longlegs because its legs are important sensory organs. One student of harvestman life once wrote, "A study of harvestmen is a study of legs." That's because the legs, especially the second pair, serve as ears, nose, tongue, and perhaps even as supplementary "eyes." The legs are loaded with nerves and literally thousands of tiny sense organs that lie inside microscopic slits in the legs.

Answer 4

i've never thought about it tbh.

maybe they do?

do some research on it, im sure someone on here will give you an answer.

good question though

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Answer 5

They certainly wouldn't feel pain in the same way, but they won't be able to function properly as an organism afterwards and I think that must prompt a kind of distress as they try and do things but can't.  It's difficult for us to imagine what it's like though, as they are so different and a far simpler lifeform.

This is what I think anyway, I mean for insects in general.

Don't feel bad.  They are very fragile.  With them it's probably safer not to touch them, as they're almost bound to lose a leg.

Answer 6

I don't know if they would feel the pain. Well i think that they would because it is connected to there body and blood flows dosen't it. I think a little

Answer 7

a few have this as a defence so i doubt it