Comments on: Who Started the Myth that Fish can’t Feel? http://craftandcreate.net/who-started-the-myth-that-fish-can%e2%80%99t-feel/ You are what you Create Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sandra http://craftandcreate.net/who-started-the-myth-that-fish-can%e2%80%99t-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Sandra Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:57:19 +0000 http://craftandcreate.net/?p=425#comment-13 You're right about whales being mammals of course. I just lumped all "fish" together to make the point that they all have feelings. And by the way, I agree with you about the plants too. Have you read "The Secret Life of Plants?" A most erudite book that goes into that in depth. You’re right about whales being mammals of course. I just lumped all “fish” together to make the point that they all have feelings.

And by the way, I agree with you about the plants too. Have you read “The Secret Life of Plants?” A most erudite book that goes into that in depth.

]]> By: likuid http://craftandcreate.net/who-started-the-myth-that-fish-can%e2%80%99t-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-12 likuid Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:32:30 +0000 http://craftandcreate.net/?p=425#comment-12 I agree that fish can feel. In fact, almost all multi-cellular organisms can feel pain. Pain is a very primitive construct that evolved early on to give lifeforms a mechanism by which they could recognize and avoid things that threatened their structural integrity. Many forms of plant life also feel pain, albeit in a different way than animals get the sensation. All that aside I just wanted to make sure you knew that whales are in fact mammals and not fish. You didnt make that clear in your post. I agree that fish can feel. In fact, almost all multi-cellular organisms can feel pain. Pain is a very primitive construct that evolved early on to give lifeforms a mechanism by which they could recognize and avoid things that threatened their structural integrity. Many forms of plant life also feel pain, albeit in a different way than animals get the sensation. All that aside I just wanted to make sure you knew that whales are in fact mammals and not fish. You didnt make that clear in your post.

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