[HN Gopher] Insects are more sensitive than they seem
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Insects are more sensitive than they seem
 
Author : harscoat
Score  : 38 points
Date   : 2021-12-10 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
 
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| tomrod wrote:
| Fascinating! I never considered insects could have emotion.
 
  | sinbadTheMad wrote:
  | Need to mention the book "Children of Time" in this thread for
  | finding empathy for spiders
 
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| quocanh wrote:
| I 100% can believe this. Especially the insects that form
| colonies are capable of some sort of rudimentary communication
| based on body language, can form bonds, can be annoyed instead of
| just threatened, and can differentiate humans from objects. This
| from my experience rehabilitating (raising?) a hornet to flight.
 
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