NPR considers the lobster » An animal behavior professor,
reports NPR, has concluded that crustaceans do, in fact, feel
pain. As for what this might mean for those of us who
occasionally dispatch a crustacean or two, the best way to
minimize potential pain is likely electrocution or driving a
knife through the creature’s brain, Elwood says. But as most of
us lack specialized machinery and knowledge of crustacean
anatomy, the easiest way is still dropping the crab in a pot of
boiling water. If you’re determined to eat animals, I guess how
much they suffer before becoming their dinner doesn’t matter at
all. [Photo by Andrea Westmoreland via Flickr]