do fish feel pain

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

their is a big debate about fish feeling pain at the momet their is a gold fish in my oscar tank with half is body it must be felling pain
or something that is causeing then much discomforte

 

[wetmanNY]

Serious folks don't doubt this. Fish do not feel anxiety about what the future may hold, however. Nor do they take out car loans...

 

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

you have to vote or whats the use?

 

[jiggerpolebill]

id vote but your choices need to be tweeked first.

 

[Dr.Guppy]

The choices seem very fair to me. You say either they do, or they dont, or they do with emotion, or they do but only physically. I dont see what could be added or taken away to improve this or make it so it an give a clearer picture. Seemed very well thought out to me, but maybe there is something I am missing.

Here to help,
Michael.

 

[Dr.Guppy]

Does anyone else get this message when they try to vote:

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I cant seem to be able to vote unfortunately...

 

[RENEGADE]

wetman is right. its just like if you put your hand on a hot stove it hurts and you move your hand real qiuck.

 

[slipknottin]

I think the debate is more a question of your definiton of pain.

If you consider pain any reaction you have to something that hurts then yes, fish feel pain.

If you consider pain only as a concious psychological sensation, then fish dont feel pain.

Fish do react to stimulus, but they do not have the psychological sensation of pain.

 

[audio77]

i KNOW they do. kinda grusome, but... have any of you gone fishing before? i can remember back when i was a kid goin fishing and comming home and cleaning them. when the knife went in, they might tense up, curl their tail, maybe wiggle a bit. it was very obvious they felt pain. fish arent the most simple animal, but i believe any animal/critter feels pain. ever split a worm? what does it do...squirm, rithe around... its feeling it.

just my $.02

 

[slipknottin]

audio- seeing a fish wiggle or tense up is not an indication of pain. Most likely it is a set reaction they have to escape danger.