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If you injure a bug, should you kill
it or let it live and not die?
Matan Shelomi, Entomologist
As far as entomologists are concerned, insects do not have
pain receptors the way vertebrates do. They don't feel "pain,"
but may feel irritation and probably can sense if they are damaged.
even so, they certainly cannot suffer because they don't
have emotions. If you heavily injure an insect, it will most
likely die soon: either immediately because it will be unable
to escape a predator, or slowly from infection or starvation.
Ultimately this crippling will be more of an inconvenience
to the insect than a torturous existence, so it has no "misery"
to be put out of, but also no real purpose anymore. If it can't
breed anymore, it has no reason to live.
In other words, I have not answered your question because,
as far as the science is concerned, neither the insect
nor the world will really care either way. Personally, though,
I'd avoid doing more damage than you've already done. 1)
Maybe the insect will recover, depending on how damaged it
is. 2) Some faiths do forbid taking animal lives, so why go out
of your way to kill? 3) You'll stain your shoe.
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