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    Fish do feel pain and emotion similar to humans, says author Victoria Braithwaite. She says research shows that fish do have nociceptors around their mouths. Fish are meant to be eaten, but there are some fish who should not be eaten or abused.

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    Fish do feel pain and emotion similar to humans, says author Victoria Braithwaite. She says research shows that fish do have nociceptors around their mouths. Fish are meant to be eaten, but there are some fish who should not be eaten or abused.

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    Fish do feel pain and emotion similar to humans, says author Victoria Braithwaite. She says research shows that fish do have nociceptors around their mouths. Fish are meant to be eaten, but there are some fish who should not be eaten or abused.

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    Inthearticle,HookedonaMyth,theauthorstatesthatfishdofeelpainandemotionsimilarto

    humans.Shesupportsherstatementbyusingclearevidenceorarticlesandquotes.Agreeingto
    Braithwaite,Ialsobelievethatfishdofeelawarenessoftheirsurroundingsandhaveemotions.

    Throughoutthearticle,VictoriaBraithwaitestates,
    Itturnsoutthatthestereotypeoffishas
    slow,dimwittedcreaturesiswrongmanyfishareremarkablyclever.Iagreetothatfishare
    verycleverbecausemyexperiencewithmyownfishconfirmsit.Fishdoseemverydumbor
    unintelligent,butresearchinthearticleshowsthatfishdofeelharmedandpainaroundtheir
    mouth.Braithwaiteacknowledgesthat,Incredibly,nooneeverseemstohaveaskedbefore
    whetherfishhavenociceptorsaroundtheirmouths.MycolleaguesandIinEdinburgh,Scotland,
    recentlylookedintroutandfoundthattheydo.Ifyoulookatthinsectionsofthetrigeminal
    nerve,themainnerveforthefaceforallvertebrates,fishhavethesametwotypesof
    nociceptorsthatwedoAdeltaandCfibers.Sotheydohavethenecessarysensorywiringto
    detectpain.Ofcourse,manypeoplewoulddisagreethatfisharejustmeanttobeeaten.Yes,
    theyaremeanttobeeaten,buttherearesomefishwhoshouldnotbeeatenorabused.

    Inconclusion,Braithwaitearguesthatfishdohaveemotionsandcanfeelpain.Shesupportsher
    statementusingresearchinformationfromarticlesandexperiments.Asofdoingresearchandmy
    personalexperienceswithfishandotheranimals,Istilldoagreethatfishcanfeelpainandhasa
    varietyofemotions.

    Sincerely,
    MikatheeN.Tran

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