We are imperious and assume that an insect is a small wind-up toy, rather than a creature. Our ideology stands in the way of observation.

The other day my sister removed some spider web entanglement from the wing of a hornet with a kebab stick, allowing it to fly. It stayed still. It didn't attack. There was mental process. We need to be open to seeing evidence, before we can make sense of evidence. We miss so much because we have impaired perception.

@futurebird

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Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)