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Consider the Tilapia

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By Wasseem Emam, Shrilaxmi Patil
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In the early 2000s, research carried out by biologist Lynne Sneddon revealed a striking pattern. Rainbow trout injected with a weak acid in their lips rubbed their mouths against the tank, rocked from side to side, and ignored food they would normally snap up. But when the fish were given morphine, they mostly went back to behaving as usual. The finding cracked open a long-standing assumption, both in science and in society, that fish cannot feel pain.
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