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People often ask whether crayfish, lobster, crabs, and so one feel pain, particularly because they are often cooked alive for seafood. This paper can't answer whether they feel pain, but it does suggest they know when something is hot.
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Blog post about this paper: http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2015/06/crayfish-feel-heat-but-not-burn-of.html
Zen Faulkes
The Umiversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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This page is a summary of: Can crayfish take the heat? Procambarus clarkii show nociceptive behaviour to high temperature stimuli, but not low temperature or chemical stimuli, Biology Open, March 2015, The Company of Biologists,
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149654.
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