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BTW, to settle the fish debate/pain debate, the answer is we simply don't know.
1) Fish have pain receptors

2)They lack the parts of the brain that processes pain in humans.

3) The neurology of fish is completely different than humans, so #2 may not even matter.

In the end the scientific community is split and we really don't know. To make a claim one way or another is asinine IMO.

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i agree...there is research on both sides of it that support opposing views and from reading it i understand the differences in thier pain receptors from ours thier were called noi...somethings cant remember right now. Either way...i fish alot and i was brought up on that train of thought...so unless there was no scientific riff and it all pointed the other way not much is gonna change this thought in my mind. It helps me to take better care of the fish i come in contact with and encourages me to treat them with the upmost care. Many of these studies have been preformed on trout, which may be more sensitive to "pain" than other types...and many fish (i read) have differing #s of these recepotors, so we may never know...but i still have my opinion on the issue....

kinda like i believe animals have souls [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]