still not enough for me to stop hurting them.....

Too bad they won´t publicize the pain children in the womb feel.

Next time I boil a lobster, I will put it in the water head first, so I can´t hear it scream.

I never cared for the practice of boiling the poor things alive. Of course they feel pain. Every living thing that has nerves feel pain. But I highly doubt that being in a crowded fish tank causes "tremendous" pain as they said. Boiling, however, is another matter.

The thing is...some animals eat other animals alive. Often it is those creatures that live under water who engage in that behavior the most. So, what is worse, getting boiled to death or being eating one bite at a time to death?

This little Cajun lady feels their pain. I feel the pain of those poor boiled blue crabs, those poor boiled Gulf shrimp, and those poor boiled wild caught or farm raised crawfish. So in the future, I will take an aspirin before boiling said crustaceans, so I don´t feel their pain. Seriously, are we not to get any flesh? All creatures that appear on the dinner table have nerves, and, therefore, may feel pain when being prepared for food. I like veggies, but, don´t take away my crawfish or you will be the next one who feels pain.

I stopped eating meat about 20 years ago---anything with a cute face.
Luckily fish and seafood don´t have cute faces so I still eat that.

I do though wish no animal felt pain.

The Bible tells me God put animals on earth for us to eat.
My brother tells me that if God didn´t want us to eat steak he wouldn´t have made it taste so good.
I figure God must know what he is doing.
But I still wish it didn´t hurt the animals.

I´ll bet PETA gets all whacked out about this study but can´t find any reason to care about the slaughter of babies in the womb and how much pain they feel.

I never eat anything that is smarter than I am. Guess the PETA types have a pretty limited diet. Hope they like turnips.

I want to see a "study" about the pain felt by human beings at 12 weeks or more when they are aborted. I´m not holding my breath. NEVER have I seen any study like this.

Put some melted butter on it...

Pain is the first indication an organism has that SOMETHING BAD IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO IT!

New York Law:

No eating of crab dip while watching Pro Football.

Allowed:

Tofu while listening to Obama speeches on the Lenin station.

Gee....that´s too bad...

#7, I have friends who are turnips, and PETA is no turnip. With due respect.

As BillyBoob Klintoon said to his crabs...
"I feel... your pain... OMG!"

The proper solution for fresh lobsters in NYC is as follows...

Soak them first in 32 ounces of soda, preferably Dr. Pepper.
This will kill them in short order, but it´s kind of a sweet way to go.

And then the Dr. Pepper makes them taste so much better.
And once they´re dead, lots of butter won´t hurt them at all. Tastes good. MMMMmmmm...

Tweet photos of your dinner to Mayor Bloomberg... as a keepsake.

So do 20-week-old human fetuses, according to research in Great Britain, where abortion is legal but not politicized the way it is here.

Anyway, no one talks about that here in the US, lest it "upset women" or drive business away from Planned Parenthood. Doctors here know which side their bread´s buttered on.

No one has that much invested in shellfish (well, maybe PETA), though, so it´s a safe topic for American researchers.

The best and most humane way to deal with a lobster prior to cooking is to sever its spinal cord with a knife. Instant death, no pain. Any reputable seafood cookbook shows how to do it.

I love animals as much as the next person but I also know that humans are natural carnivores and predators. That´s why we have eyes on the front of our heads - for hunting. Natural vegetarians have eyes on the sides of their heads - to avoid the hunters.

Does a baby about to get his spinal cord cut or his head squished in a late term abortion feel pain?

You libs are pathetic.

Instead of putting the lobster in boiling water, I will split their tail and put them in my 500 degree broiler. There, problem solved.

I only eat Frozen shrimp, and thaw them in tepid water - that way they won´t feel pain. Lobsters I eat in a nice, warm, cozy roll with warm butter drizzled on top - they have to like that.

I always tell the poor little things that if they feel too uncomfortable just let me know and I´ll stop. Never had one ask me to stop.
You start down this road and your diet may be limited to roots and nuts. I understand there are studies indicating plants also feel pain.
In faith, enjoy the gifts of food God have given us... and I ignore those who think they know better.

This study only increases the value of crabs and lobsters in Japan.

Shellfish were put in the sea by GOD so we could cook, crack, smother in butter and EAT them! Nuff said.

Last time I dipped my lobster in butter I thought I heard something.

Tell Moochelle.

I suspect that one of the reasons I have never enjoyed shellfish is due to the fact that it always seemed cruel to me to toss them into boiling water while still alive. Can´t eat rabbit either, too cute. Other than that I am a founding member of the other PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals).

Lobsters have their bones on the outside. They taste a lot better red than green. Put them in the boiling water head first. And call it a day.

#6 - I´m kinda with you. I´m an animal lover - but I still am a carnivore. I want the entire life chain of an animal to be pain free - even if it is ended prematurely and ends up on my plate. Never could understand why anyone would want anything to be in needless pain.

I also enjoy good jokes - which many here have done. I don´t get upset.

And finally, why is it so apparent to just conservatives - how no liberal is smart enough to take this argument to abortion? I am ashamed of human beings who supposedly have intelligence but can´t grasp this simple fact that we are intentionally hurting babies. This is truly unconscionable.

Actually, they seem to enjoy being placed in tepid water and being slowly brought to boil. Never a complaint. Also, a quick knife thrust just behind the "head" will sever the nerve and cause instantaneous death.

Never let it be said us conservatives are not swollen with empathy for our fellow creatures. LMAO

Hey, Jennifer Viegas, whoever you are at whatever "Discovery" news is, the only "tremendous pain" felt here is trying to read through this crap people like you are so dramatically scribbling for your daily bread. Three words for you, young lady: GET A LIFE!

I wonder how many vegetarians know about the large number of cute furry animals, like bunnies, which are killed by machines used to harvest veggies. If they want to be true to their cause they should only buy veggies which have been hand picked at great cost, IOW, put your money where your mouth is.

Thank you all for the great jokes...

So?

Someone should write a "study" that proves that celery and lettuce feel pain when they are ripped from the ground and chopped up with a sharp knife. That ought to drive vegetarians crazy.

I don´t know about lettuce, but I have heard the carrots scream....

Lobsters and crabs are canibalistic.

I´ll stop eating lobsters when lobsters stop eating lobsters.

When they pull the lobsters from my cold dead hands.

I don´t trust veggies. Some have been known to eat meat. I have seen pitcher plants, that lure bugs yo it´s edges, and when the slip and fall in - chomp! (But slowly.) The Venus Flytrap will snap shut on any unwary bug that lands on it, and doesn´t ask the bug if it feels pain, or even cares! So I will also eat lobster and crab, and clams too, and I won´t worry about their pain. I never thought about it before, and I´ve already forgot about it since.

So many awesome replies here... mine would only be redundant, so I´ll just point out that lobster seems to a favorite of that Michelle Obama woman who´s currently living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Which leads me to conclude that this "study" and the accompanying report MUST BE RACIST!

Aside from that, all I can say is, "Mmmmm....lobster..... aughghghghghhhh"

C´mon, gang.

There´s a ready answer / business opportunity here.

We raise and sell only beef, pork, lobsters, crab, shrimp, flounder [yum!], turkey that died happily in their sleep of old age!

Hey, we can even include veggies!

The study showed entrained avoidance behavior, not pain.

I´m sure Moochelle thinks about this each time she dips them in the butter.

This will be my only comment to this target-rich thread:

The only difference between the PETA fruitcakes and "rescuers" of dogs and cats, is the ability of their subject animals to generate favorable human emotion. I think you´re both nuts.