{"id":183731,"date":"2024-11-27T19:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/crabs-feel-pain-scientists-find-prompting-calls-for-more-humane-ways-to-cook-shellfish\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T19:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:03:51","slug":"crabs-feel-pain-scientists-find-prompting-calls-for-more-humane-ways-to-cook-shellfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/crabs-feel-pain-scientists-find-prompting-calls-for-more-humane-ways-to-cook-shellfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Crabs feel pain, scientists find – prompting calls for more humane ways to cook shellfish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crabs can feel pain, according to a new study – prompting calls for more humane ways to kill shellfish.<\/p>\n

Boiling crabs and lobsters alive is a common method of cooking them in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

But it is time to find less painful alternatives, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg who made the discovery about how the creatures process pain.<\/p>\n

Eleftherios Kasiouras, a PhD candidate at the university, found painful stimuli are sent to and processed by a crab’s brain, which he said was “just more proof” the animal can feel pain.<\/p>\n

The study<\/a><\/strong> is the first research to show the creatures have a nervous system that can respond to harmful stimuli.<\/p>\n

Mr Kasiouras and his team measured the brain activity of 20 shore crabs by attaching electrodes to a set of nerves, called ganglia, that make up their central nervous system.<\/p>\n

They then applied a variety of stimuli, including a painful form of vinegar and electric shocks, to the soft tissue of different parts of the crab’s body. This caused an increase in brain activity.<\/p>\n

However, the same effect was not seen when salt water and other non-painful stimuli were applied to those areas.<\/p>\n

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Mr Kasiouras said this suggests pain in crabs is “conveyed and transferred to the brain, and [is] recorded there”, much like many other animals including humans.<\/p>\n

Previous research has been mainly observational, showing that crustaceans touch areas that have been exposed to something painful.<\/p>\n

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The team called for more humane ways to handle and kill crustaceans, with Mr Kasiouras saying: “If they’re suffering, we need to find ways to minimise their pain.”<\/p>\n

Farmed crabs are often kept together in small tanks, which Mr Kasiouras described as “really miserable” conditions.<\/p>\n

Although the UK recognises crustaceans as sentient animals, they are not covered by animal welfare legislation in the EU.<\/p>\n

This means there aren’t any guidelines on how to humanely handle or kill them, whether that is in labs or kitchens.<\/p>\n

“I hope with more research, we will push these results to the EU and hopefully they will implement some legalisation,” Mr Kasiouras said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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