Think about it this way: if it hurt them, they would back off rather than go all the way across it. Anyway it is unlikely that snails can feel pain. They only have about 50 brain cells (compare that to a bumblebee with 500 or so and a human with billions and billions)
lol as far as most science suggests mollusks have no nerve endings so they should be fine lol. another thing for the electric cords if that bugs u is that the GFIs protect the outlet and ur house but not really the fish. and if the current leaching out doesnt blow the GFI it will not shut off. the best thing is a electrical probe to collect stray currents..like a lightning rod for fish tanks lol. i have one they are like $20. i read a few times that a stray electric current even just a few amps can make the sound equivalent to a jet engine over your head to the poor fish. this causes much stress and hiding...so i took no chance..things made by humans fail sometimes lol
originally posted by heywally: Based on what I've seen so far, I'm surprised that we have the bee beat by that much. Maybe their cell usage is more efficient.
lol as far as most science suggests mollusks have no nerve endings so they should be fine lol. another thing for the electric cords if that bugs u is that the GFIs protect the outlet and ur house but not really the fish. and if the current leaching out doesnt blow the GFI it will not shut off. the best thing is a electrical probe to collect stray currents..like a lightning rod for fish tanks lol. i have one they are like $20. i read a few times that a stray electric current even just a few amps can make the sound equivalent to a jet engine over your head to the poor fish. this causes much stress and hiding...so i took no chance..things made by humans fail sometimes lol
Hehehe that sounds like an interesting device. Hm.. another thing to add to my fastly growing fish equipement. I am going to need another cabinet at this rate.
Can't argue with that ... still, you'd think that if we were so full of brain cells, we'd have a handle on what was causing the nationwide die-off of the insect that had the most importance to the pollination of our crops/food supply.