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This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Gretchen Cuda Kroen. Got a minute?

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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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Until recently many researchers believed the crustacean nervous system too primitive to process pain.

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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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The researchers used crabs as their test animals.

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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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And that avoidance is key:

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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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If the behavior was merely a reflex, the critters would continue to visit the shelter.

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The study is in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

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The situation is likely the same with lobsters.

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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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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Gretchen Cuda Kroen.

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