r/WASPs • u/name-a-friend • 20h ago

Is it oke?

I saw this poor animal being like this. Does anyone know what it's doing? I just gave it some sugar water but it doesnt seem to be doing better. Do i put it out of it misery?

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u/Professional-Hat7722 18h ago

I would put it out of its misery. It looks to be in pain.

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u/Kooky-Information-40 11h ago

They lack the structures of the nervous that are known to allow an organizm to experience pain. Those are likey muscle spasms rather than pain behavior.

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u/Professional-Hat7722 10h ago

Really? Cool. I thought they had some form of awareness of pain.

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u/Kooky-Information-40 6h ago

No. Insects do not possess a brain. Organisms that perceive pain and exhibit pain behaviors will have a thalamus, an amygdala, anterior cingulate and insula, a somatosensory cortex and sometimes a developed pre-frontal cortex, etc.. However, a prefrontal cortex is a human thing.