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Abraxis
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I think if you get them right away then no it would be like you dieing instantly, but if you don't kill them then that is why the fly spins around in a circle on his back i think he is in pain.
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No. It requires a brain to feel pain. What the lower animals have is reactions. Once when I was holding a candle, suddenly my arm jerked and the candle flew back over my shoulder. I looked down at my hand, saw the spilled wax, and said, "Oh. Ouch." The hot wax had caused a reaction, but until the message got to my brain, there was no pain.
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no. An insects nervous system is directly connected to the muscular system, and not to the brain. When an insect squirms, it's because its body does not know what to do to solve the problem, this is also why insect limbs will squirm after they are seperated from the insect's body, the nerves are telling the legs, "do something, the body isn't attached anymore." however, the insects meager excuse for a central cortex (i.e. brain in a more sophisticated creature) is never aware of the failure in the body.
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thats good then because i always feel bad for killing insects as they have as much right to live here as us, but i dont like them near me. Andy.
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In most cases, it's over too quickly for them to know anythings happened. It's just "lights out".
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I hope not. They key is to squish them and not just injure them. Its all or nothing. If they still appear to be moving, put them out of thier misery.
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I don't know, but I do. :(
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They have a nervous system, so I'm guessing they do.
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I think that if an organism doesn't have a backbone it doesn't have a nervous system and therefore won't feel pain but I do know that there are some invertebrates that have nervous systems. Either way in this situation I think the bug dies quick enough that it doesn't feel the squish.
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