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baldyhead
13-02-2005, 08:43 AM
Here is a snippet from The Cairns Post dated Feb 10th.

Gazza
14-02-2005, 02:09 AM
Worms on a hook don't suffer: study
From correspondents in Oslo
February 08, 2005
From: Reuters
WORMS squirming on a fishhook feel no pain, and nor do lobsters
and crabs cooked in boiling water,
a scientific study funded by the Norwegian Government has found.

"The common earthworm has a very simple nervous system - it can be cut in two
and continue with its business," Professor Wenche Farstad, who chaired the panel
that drew up the report, said today.
Norway might have considered banning the use of live worms as fish bait
if the study had found they felt pain, but Prof Farstad said: "It seems to be
only reflex curling when put on the hook ... They might sense something but
it is not painful and does not compromise their well-being."

The Government called for the study on pain, discomfort and
stress in invertebrates to help in the planned revision of Norway's animal protection law.

Invertebrates cover a range of creatures from insects and
spiders to molluscs and crustaceans.

Prof Farstad said most invertebrates, including lobsters and
crabs boiled alive, did not feel pain because, unlike mammals,
they did not have a big brain to read the signals.

Some more advanced kinds of insects, such as honeybees
which display social behaviour and a capacity to learn and co-operate, deserved special care, she said.

"We have particular responsibility for animals that we have in our custody.
That is not a scientific opinion but the ethical side of the issue," Prof Farstad said.

Sideshow_Cod
14-02-2005, 02:27 AM
pfffff. :o

now I'll sleep better. ;D