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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thehelepolis" data-source="post: 349356" data-attributes="member: 11807">well not exactly because they are more intelligent but rather because i feel like the prey may have less mental capacity to suffer/feel pain and fear if that makes any sense. i have seen feeders roaches walking around with horrible injuries due to cannibalism seemingly acting normal, calmly walking around, eating food, etc. meanwhile, if you shut a mantises foot in a deli cup lid by accident, it will stop using that foot completely and hold it off the surface until it next molts like using it is irritating.don't get me wrong however, i still have compassion for all other bugs, and if i don't have a hit mantis up to the task i cant bring myself to kill even a stinkbug. so what do you think? would you say that most insects feel pain similarly or would some be far less bothered by it than others?</blockquote>