Is jellyfish vegan?

Cortell@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 191 points –

They don’t have a brain really and kinda just float there. Do they even feel pain?

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We may be able to tell if they are stressed, which could be related to pain, depending on your viewpoint.

Here is a recent study of audible reactions plant can have to stress: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00262-3

Do plants react to stress and harmful situations like infestation? Absolutely. Do they actually feel pain as we understand it? Probably not since they lack a nervous system.

This boils down to the question: What is pain?

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