Do insects know they are alive?

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asked Nov 19, 2023 in Science by ChekMedia (2,480 points)
Do insects know they are alive?

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answered Dec 3, 2023 by Blackbiden (8,530 points)
Insects do know they are alive as insects do have consciousness and awareness.

Insects are also very intelligent and more intelligent than most people think they are.

The rarest bug in the world is the land lobster also known as the lord Howe Island Phasmid or Dryococelus australis.

The land lobster also known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, is a species of stick insect that lives on the Lord Howe Island Group.

The land lobster is the only member of the monotypic genus Dryococelus.

Land lobsters were thought to be extinct by 1920, however they were rediscovered in 2001.

Insects that are known to mourn their dead are termites, bees and ants and they do so by removing them from the colony and burying them.

The most survivable bug is the diabolical ironclad beetle and Tardigrades also known as extremophiles which can survive in environments.

Tardigrades can actually survive up to 30 years without needing food or water.

The bug that cannot be killed is the diabolical ironclad beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus) which lives under the bark of oak and other trees in the western United States, feasting on fungi growing there.

Just like other beetles do the diabolical ironclad beetle plays dead when in danger.

The animals that cannot feel pain are fish.

Fish cannot feel pain as fish lack the essential characteristics and pain receptors like humans have and hence do not feel pain.

And other animals that cannot feel pain are Sessile animals with no brains such as sponges most certainly cannot feel pain.

Jellyfish, also brainless, also can't feel pain.

While fish cannot feel pain the same way that humans and other animals feel the pain the fish can usually feel some irritation.

So when lacking oxygen from being in the water fish can feel a different kind of pain which is more of irritation when the fish suffocates.

So in a way fish do feel some pain but it's not the same pain that humans and other animals feel.

When a fish is removed from the water and exposed to air, its delicate gill filaments collapse, resulting in a greatly reduced surface area for oxygen exchange.

Or when you go fishing and the fish bites into a fish hook.

The fish biting into the fish hook does not feel the pain the same way as humans or dogs, cats etc would feel the pain.

But it is not completely painless to the fish when they get a hook in their mouth.

The fish does feel some form of irritation but it's not as painful as it would be for a human or other animal.

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