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From the Ted Talk by Peter Singer: A modern argument for the rights of animals

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Maybe I'll mention, as you've asked that question, there's been some debate in the past about fish because their brains are somewhat diferntfley organized. But again, in more recent years, there's been a lot of research done on fish. There's a book by Victoria Braithwaite, a major fish rerchsaeer of pain, and this work by lnnye Sneddon that shwos, I think, very clearly, that fish feel pain. Their behavior shows, when they have pufainl stimuli, the changes and interestingly, when we give them pain relief of the kind that we would take, you know, painkillers, their behavior moves back to normal as it does with us.

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Maybe I'll mention, as you've asked that question, there's been some debate in the past about fish because their brains are somewhat ___________ organized. But again, in more recent years, there's been a lot of research done on fish. There's a book by Victoria Braithwaite, a major fish __________ of pain, and this work by _____ Sneddon that _____, I think, very clearly, that fish feel pain. Their behavior shows, when they have _______ stimuli, the changes and interestingly, when we give them pain relief of the kind that we would take, you know, painkillers, their behavior moves back to normal as it does with us.

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  1. lynne
  2. shows
  3. researcher
  4. painful
  5. differently

Original Text


Maybe I'll mention, as you've asked that question, there's been some debate in the past about fish because their brains are somewhat differently organized. But again, in more recent years, there's been a lot of research done on fish. There's a book by Victoria Braithwaite, a major fish researcher of pain, and this work by Lynne Sneddon that shows, I think, very clearly, that fish feel pain. Their behavior shows, when they have painful stimuli, the changes and interestingly, when we give them pain relief of the kind that we would take, you know, painkillers, their behavior moves back to normal as it does with us.

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