Ethicality of cooking lobster

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I have seen that, beforre boiling live lobsters, chefs usually sit it down and stroke the back of its neck. I have heard that this puts the lobster in a trance but my friend says it just paralyses it. It would be an unkind thing to do if it can fell the pain and is just paralysed but I imagine that, in a trance, the lobster doesn’t feel anything.

Can somebody please provide a definite answer to the question: does stroking a lobster’s neck paralyse it or put it in a trance?

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Can somebody please provide a definite answer to the question: does stroking a lobster's neck paralyse it or put it in a trance?

Eleanor Sims · Accepted Answer

Stroking a lobster's neck is not going to disable its pain receptors. I'm not an expert in lobster physiology, but I imagine it might be similar to when a cat is picked up by the scruff of its neck and stops moving. This will not stop the lobster from experiencing the pain of being boiled to death

Correct answer by Eleanor Sims on August 22, 2021

Ethicality of cooking lobster

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