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Default Do lobsters have feelings?


"Puester" > wrote in message
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> wrote:
>> Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
>> show recently(Mike Smiths') a live lobster was steamed to death. It
>> was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
>> turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?
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> No. It pretended it was in a sauna after Mike whispered
> the suggestion into its ear.
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> I forgive you for axe-ing.
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> In my experience lobsters feel depression, submersion,
> sadness, grief, elation (many are bi-polar)and orgasm.
> No pain, no regrets, no tension, and surprisingly,
> no lack of taste.
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> gloria p


They urinate near other lobsters to attract a mate. That's almost as weird
as being stuck on a Greyhound bus next to Sheldon on a long trip.