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Anxious Crayfish?

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I spotted this article on the BBC website. Apparently researchers at Bordeaux university found that stressed crayfish behave differently from their more chilled out brethren:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27812367

You can read the abstract here, but need to register, and possibly pay for the full article:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6189/1293

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Originally posted by DeepThought
I spotted this article on the BBC website. Apparently researchers at Bordeaux university found that stressed crayfish behave differently from their more chilled out brethren:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27812367

You can read the abstract here, but need to register, and possibly pay for the full article:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6189/1293
Isn't that true for most animals?

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Originally posted by vivify
Isn't that true for most animals?
It is for mammals, but we mammals are more complex (we like to think) than crustaceans. So that crayfish can feel Angst is something new.

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