Surely you don`t really believe animals are incapable of feeling pain? If that was true, why will a dog cower in fear from someone who beats it?
"Surely you don`t really believe animals are incapable of feeling pain? If that was true, why will a dog cower in fear from someone who beats it?"
Is it fear, or self preservation and anticipation from what it has learned.
I believe an animals brain receives the same sort of impulses that a human brain does if you step on it's toe. I believe it is the conscious interpretation of that signal that is different. In humans, it is called pain. In animals, it is pure stimulus, response. And it is often what keeps them alive - which is the whole point.