Do insects feel pain? This is a very important ethical question when it comes to experimenting with insects and other invertebrates that aren't cephalopods or lobsters. Determining what pain is and whether an organism has that experience is not without its challenges, and we delve into what we do and don't know about pain in other animals in today's episode.

Check out our collaboration over on Neurotransmissions:
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