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Do potatoes feel pain?

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No, plants cannot feel pain. There is no possible way for that to happen without a central nervous system.


Can potatoes feel things?

Over several years, Scientists have been trying to prove whether potatoes have feelings and the answer is yes, they do. They have said that if you cut an uncooked potato in half and hold a stethoscope up to the…

Do vegetables feel pain?

Given that plants do not have pain receptors, nerves, or a brain, they do not feel pain as we members of the animal kingdom understand it. Uprooting a carrot or trimming a hedge is not a form of botanical torture, and you can bite into that apple without worry.

Is it cruel to eat plants?

Plants aren't inanimate objects — just like animals, they are living, breathing things too. But since plants don't seem to make a sound when they are plucked, cooked, popped into the mouth and chewed, the foam-in-the-mouth “animal rights” defenders think (so conveniently) that there is no cruelty in eating plants.

Do all living things feel pain?

In other words, the only animals capable of feeling pain are those that can feel fear, anxiety, distress and terror, similar to what humans feel when we receive noxious stimuli. Almost all organisms, including bacteria, will attempt to escape from an aversive stimulus4.

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