Insect peripheral nervous systems don't possess anything like the pain receptors that vertebrates have, e.g. 3. Send as an e-mail. Although insects do have nervous systems (otherwise they would not be able to move or see), in most cases the systems are so simple that they cannot feel the pain. Given that plants do not have pain receptors, nerves, or a brain, they do not feel pain as we members of the animal kingdom understand it. That’s a hard thing to really test and know a definitive answer to. And even if they dont feel pain ( which I doubt) some people are seriously depraved! From personal experience, I've seen cultured insects (including ants) horribly injured, e.g. Ant bites. Ants are too far removed from humans to be subject to a consideration which is defined largely within the human context. Pain in Insects. H. Shaman . Unfortunately there is no hard yes or no, but there is enough evidence for us to make a very educated guess. So they have no need for pain. … do ants feel pain when stepped on? So the possibility exists that they feel pain; the possibility exists that they don't feel anything; the possibility exists that they feel a pain different from any pain that humans ever feel. Some children might be allergic to ant venom. Their sensory lives are run on sight and smell, and they don’t seem to suffer for the … An ant might not feel pain, but still recognize--likely by smell, its most developed sensory capability--that it was under attack by harmful poisons. If a human were crushed by a large object, if they died instantly it wouldn’t be painful, but if they survived it would be. Send as an e-mail. It’s hard to believe Descartes convinced even himself that animals were automata; watching an ant scramble frantically to escape my … Some might collapse. No, insects do not feel pain, nor do insects not feel pain. Print whole topic. Right? Maybe it is still pain, just responding to different stimuli. I’m not going … Print whole topic. This is where scientists run into problems with the whole ‘do insects feel pain’ question. Enter custom title (optional) This topic is locked. But does that mean they can feel pain? I went crawling around for the answer with York University’s Eleanor Drinkwater… Ants can sense that they’ve been harmed and react but this is different to actually feeling pain; Nociception is the sensory nervous system informing the brain that you’ve been hurt, whereas pain is an unpleasant sensation with a negative … ~ Mignon McLaughlin #Quote Although there are numerous definitions of pain, almost all involve two key components.First, nociception is required. 7.0k … Show all posts for this topic. Do insects feel pain? Uprooting a carrot or trimming a hedge is not a form of botanical torture, and you can bite into that apple without worry. Ants do not have blood. Shaman. Fire ants. The typical reaction to many ant bites/stings is a localised urticaria, A fire ant bite or sting causes immediate pain and a red spot, followed a few hours later by a tender, itchy pustule that can last several days to weeks. Enter custom title (optional) This topic is locked. The human body is well developed with a variety of feedback mechanisms to ensure the safety and health of the body. Young Worker Ant. Print current page. Fire ant bites are extremely painful and can cause itching and burning. SYDNEY — Few people would hesitate to grab a newspaper and smash an annoying fly that’s been buzzing around the kitchen for hours. Natural ChemE Forum Moderator Posts: … Thorn Tree forum Interest forums Get Stuffed. 7.0k … Show all posts for this topic. nociceptors. Localised urticarial reaction to ants. And what does it have to do with robots? Humans have a large amount of nervous tissue in one location (the brain). Bert … Some , like dopy_dor actually have the brains to invent tortures for them. If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved. We can often extend the definition of pain to human-like systems, such as other mammals, but it's a debate in semantics by the time we get to ants. Show all posts for this topic. The useful purpose of pain would be achieved, even if the actual sensory experience is different from what we think of as pain. So, if I follow you, plants really do feel, not metaphorically, but really. Insect Temporal range: Carboniferous–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Clockwise from top left: dance fly (Empis livida), long-nosed weevil (Rhinotia hemistictus), mole cricket (Gryllotalpa brachyptera), German wasp (Vespula germanica), emperor gum moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti), assassin bug (Harpactorinae) A chorus of several Magicicada species Scientific … 32. Pain in invertebrates is a contentious issue. Send as an e-mail. Their include a variety of pain … More complex organisms, with larger nerve … Symptoms If your child has been stung by an ant, he might get some pain and swelling where he has been stung. It is common for bites to be clustered especially under clothing. This is the ability to detect noxious stimuli which evokes a reflex response that moves the entire animal, or the affected part of its body, away from the source of the stimulus. Why do people smush ants I dont know. Ants, as individuals, do not seem like very complicated animals to me (I’m sure E. O. Wilson would correct me), but every time I smush one I am aware I am extinguishing for all eternity one being’s single chance to be alive. An insect has no time to heal; it can get eaten at any moment. They have pretty much no use for pain sensing nerves. Using a laser … — Asked by Anonymous. I dont kill insects unless its like a black widow spider in the house. Print current page. We can't know for sure, but the best guess I have just gathered from people who study ants as a profession, would be, no, they do not feel pain, their most likely to just have a feeling that something is wrong. They just can't feel pain. According to researchers at the Institute for Applied Physics at the University of Bonn in Germany, plants release gases that are the equivalent of crying out in pain. I doubt if ants feel pain. Ants have no use for sensitive nerves in their skin because they do not use the sense of touch in finding food, or for anything else for that matter. Post Jul 03, 2010 #6 2010-07-03T16:20. … Do ants or other insects feel pain in the same way as humans do? … Some theories suggest that social insects are more likely to have a pain response, as a visible pain response can call allies to assist an injured individual.