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		saadalem on June 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MPs: Octopuses feel pain and need legal protection there’s was a debate about whether fish feel pain and the best moment is “actually plants might feel pain” [0] >> plants add caffeine to their nectar to enhance their pollinators memory and cognition >> plants synthesize almost all known neurotransmitters [0]: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Balu%C5%A1ka-Commentar...

nsonha on June 20, 2021 [–]

I guess feeling pains by that definition isn't really an useful test, being sentient is. We dont know what animals have sentience, but the prevailing theory is a central nevous system makes it possible.

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