Oh, and I don't care if an animal lacks cognitive thought or emotion; it can still feel physical pain.
And you proved this, how?
Of course they surely "feel" *something*... but listen, I studied this shit for 8 years in college...
The saying goes... fish are never board, because they're too dumb...
Any mammal (for instance) would get totally bored swimming in circles all day, every day... but fish don't' appear to...
They may feel *something*, but I think pain is a condition that is explained more by *why* it's inflicted upon you, and in that case, fish don't know, well, anything....
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