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Originally Posted by Brandonkop
This is so far off topic from reg changes but here is the Anti's point of view.
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-...ish-feel-pain/
I dont know for sure, but to me I think it's a little hard to say that fish feel no pain when there is no way to possibly know what a fish does or does not feel or experience when caught. Peta seems to think there is plenty of evidence to refute your claim. As in any area of research there are evidences for and against. As time goes on we often further our understanding and realize how we have been wrong in the past. Same reason catch and release mortality study results can widely range from 0 to 80%.
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This article goes a little more in depth about PETA's claim about behavioural reactions:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/phys.org...vIDuq4A2_vhSeY
The PETA article agrees that fish don't have a neocortex, how humans and mammals consciously feel pain.
The PETA article's main point is that although fish don't feel pain like humans can, they display behavioural actions that makes them think they do. This study casts doubt on their behavioural reactions being a result of conscious pain but instead an unconscious impulse.
Ultimately it can't be concluded that they don't feel pain, but you can conclude that they don't feel pain the same way humans do.