University of Gothenburg researchers have provided scientific proof that shore crabs feel pain, urging a reevaluation of how shellfish are treated under EU animal welfare laws. This evidence supports ...

The research team used sophisticated equipment to record electrical activity in different parts of the crabs’ nervous systems ...

Crabs can actually feel pain as scientists call for humane ways to cook shellfish - Pain response appeared shorter and more ...

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg are the first to prove that painful stimuli are sent to the brain of shore ...

The activity of the central nervous system in the brain was measured in the crab when the soft tissues of claws, antennae and legs were subjected to some form of stress. The responses show that ...

Researchers have demonstrated that painful stimuli are sent to the brain of shore crabs providing more evidence for pain in crustaceans. EEG style measurements show clear neural reactions in the ...

Every part of the shore crabs’ bodies responded to each painful stimuli, except its antennae, which only exhibited responses to chemical stimuli. These pain principles apply not only to shore ...

Did you know that crabs have well-developed senses of sight and smell? They can see objects from 60 feet away and their eyes can take in a 360-degree panoramic view. Their antennae enable them to ...

Boiling lobsters and crabs alive has been a common method of ... electric shocks or noxious acids touching their soft tissues such as the antennae. In these earlier experiments, the shellfish ...

Researchers in Sweden have made a new discovery which could change the way people cook crabs and lobsters. According to a new ...