Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Fish? Pain?
Upon reading Braithwaite's article about fish I became puzzled toward the fact that people genuinely did not know that fish do not feel pain. I honestly became quite confused at the fact that some people do not consider fish to be emotion-filled animals. When fishes are stressed, they begin to develop white spots or a bacterial infection on their body. Even simpler, at a young age you are told not to tap on a fish tank simply because fish become disoriented and confused as to why there is this loud thumping noise on their home. How can we distinguish the feelings and emotions of another creature if we, as humans, cannot come up with a just explanation for actions of other creatures?
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I agree with you. Fish do feel pain, suffer, become excited, experience stress, affection and love just like humans. Who are we to down play what animals feel just because. Animals are actually more like us than we think. In "Hooked on a Myth" by Braithwaite she says that fish have the same two nociceptors that humans do. They do have the necessary sensory wiring to detect pain. Just because they don't feel pain as bad as we do doesn't mean anything. Pain is pain.
ReplyDeleteI agree savannah. I never thought of it that way and it proves a good point. People are so naive to believe they have no feelings at all but never stop to question and look at the facts. Its unfair for them and they should be acknowledged more often.
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