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Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by IntronExon on Saturday February 17, 2018 @10:58PM (#16404366)
Why not just freeze them? Their metabolism is no mystery, and cold will slow them and eventually render them “asleep”.
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Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by flyGuyOnTheSly on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:05PM (#16404383)
Because most humans would never agree that "freezing to death" is a just death, although I am sure it would work out just fine as you described.
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Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by IntronExon on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:13PM (#16404414)
Humans would rapidly freeze to death in a lobster’s natural habitat. Humans are not lobsters, and we should be careful to remember that freezing to death is experienced differently by animals with different metabolisms. A good rule of thumb is that endotherms suffer horribly and experience pain in low temperatures, while cold-blooded animals experience torpor.
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Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by flyGuyOnTheSly on Thursday February 22, 2018 @03:40AM (#16436161)
Most humans do not think like that, or hardly at all in the philosophical sense.
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