Study Says Lobsters Feel Pain
Put down the melted butter!
A new study concludes that crustaceans, like those tasty, succulent lobsters, likely do feel pain when you throw them into a pot of merrily boiling water.
Robert Elwood, a professor of animal behavior at Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, and the co-author of a new study on crustaceans and pain published in the Journal of Animal Behavior, talks about the drama in the kitchen.
On our blog, we'll link to the study and a video on the humane way to cook a lobster. Hint: Kill it first.