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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Gretchen Cuda Kroen. Got a minute?
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3 .The last time you splurged on a live lobster for dinner, you might not have given any thought to how much the little guy was going to suffer as he boiled to death.
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4 .Until recently many researchers believed the crustacean nervous system too primitive to process pain.
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5 .But scientists at Queen's University in Belfast now think that crustaceans may be more sensitive to pain than previously thought.
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6 .The researchers used crabs as their test animals.
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7 .And they found that crabs that experienced an electric shock when they hid under a safe, dark rock would eventually learn to avoid the hiding place.
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8 .And that avoidance is key:
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9 .the animals' ability to remember the unpleasant shock and avoid it is consistent with the ability to feel and remember pain.
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10 .If the behavior was merely a reflex, the critters would continue to visit the shelter.
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11 .The study is in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
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12 .The situation is likely the same with lobsters.
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13 .So before you break out the bibs and melted butter, it might be nice to put your future dinner on a little anesthetic ice.
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14 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Gretchen Cuda Kroen.
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