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Insects May Feel Pain, New Study Suggests


When an antenna of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) is touched with a heated probe, something curious happens: the insect turns its attention to the burned spot, grooming it repeatedly, for far longer than it would after a harmless touch or no contact at all.

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