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Post by Anomonyous on Mar 10, 2012 22:14:03 GMT -5
In regards to the subject at hand, some folks will say that animals "don't feel pain in the way humans do". This is especially common when discussing pain in animals that are not mammalian.
Does this sound really stupid to anyone else? Pain is pain, what else can it be? The next closest thing I can think of is unconscious discomfort; that is nothing like pain. This whole "not in the way humans do" argument sounds like an excuse for those that are ignorant and can't think of anything else.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Mar 10, 2012 22:20:18 GMT -5
I agree.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Mar 11, 2012 10:18:36 GMT -5
^ Agreed.
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Post by Ultimategrid on Mar 11, 2012 11:21:17 GMT -5
Honestly even organisms like insects much feel pain, since pain is merely a simple response to the organism being in danger.
That's why whenever the time comes when I do have to kill something, I do it in the most humane way I can.
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Post by rhino on Mar 29, 2013 2:51:27 GMT -5
Different animals have different thresholds of pain.
I mean, I remember reading an account back on the Proboards Carnivora Forum posted by ScottWolverine111 (no longer active) where a baboon was grabbed by a crocodile. The other troop members came and proceeded to struggle with the crocodile for nearly an hour.
So the baboon wasn't demolished instantly when the crocodile bit it.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Mar 29, 2013 3:45:08 GMT -5
most of your post has nothing to do with pain and how do you know that the baboon wasnt in a horrible amount of pain?
If his head wasnts crushed like a melon it was probably because the croc wasnt very big
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Post by rhino on Jul 20, 2013 23:30:46 GMT -5
my point is clear as day. Animals have different thresholds of pain varying from individual to individual. Just as humans do.
Speaking of crocs, I've seen more than one instance where wildebeests, antelopes, zebras, and what not were bitten by them and escaped apparently unharmed as crazy as it sounds.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Jul 21, 2013 14:54:24 GMT -5
my point is clear as day. Animals have different thresholds of pain varying from individual to individual. Just as humans do. Speaking of crocs, I've seen more than one instance where wildebeests, antelopes, zebras, and what not were bitten by them and escaped apparently unharmed as crazy as it sounds. ive seen such cases too but ive qlso seen one zebra get its leg ripped off and another have such a massive junk of its rump ripped off one of its back legs couldnt function properly. It all depends on how good a grip the croc has and how powerful the individual is. |
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Post by rhino on Jul 22, 2013 9:46:43 GMT -5
and speaking of pain tolerance, I saw this one dude was running around almost naked in the snow and showing no signs of frostbite or hypothermia.
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Post by Anomonyous on Aug 6, 2013 22:54:45 GMT -5
It's not about pain tolerance but the ability to feel pain. If an animal has a pain threshold then obviously it can perceive it.
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