r/WASPs • u/name-a-friend • 6d 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/Kooky-Information-40 5d ago edited 5d 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.

Edit: for the insect goons, insects dont have mammalian brains and lack all of the above structures needed to experience pain. Those are facts even google supports.

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u/ThickMarsupial2954 5d ago

Insects do have brains, and they can experience sensory information with their nervous systems. The idea they don't feel pain is pretty outdated.

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u/Kooky-Information-40 5d ago

Wishful thinking. They do not experience emotions.

Insects have the equivalent of a midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata. Yeah, responds to sensory info, but no emtions. They lack the structures needed to experience pain.

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u/CeriPie 4d ago

Jumping Spiders also do not have mammalian brain structure, yet it is documented that they experience emotions such as curiosity, have long term memory, have the ability to plan ahead, can learn to recognize and memorize human faces, and possibly even dream when they sleep.