Hi Bob, thanks for this post, really interesting stuff.
I’m a researcher at the Shrimp Welfare Project. Do you have a sense of whether any of the broad conclusions are likely to apply to shrimps as well, or do you think it would require an entirely new research project?
Great question, Lucas. My hunch is that all the broad conclusions probably apply, though I’d want to think through the details more carefully before standing behind that claim. I suppose one thing that really affects my thinking is whether the organism has to navigate its environment in search of resources. My impression is that the youngest shrimp aren’t doing this; they’re just being carried along like plankton. So, that lowers my estimation of their capacities to something more like grubs than juvenile crickets. But of course I haven’t investigated this at all, so please don’t put too much weight on that hot take!
Happy to discuss if it would be helpful; feel free to DM me.
Hi Bob, thanks for this post, really interesting stuff.
I’m a researcher at the Shrimp Welfare Project. Do you have a sense of whether any of the broad conclusions are likely to apply to shrimps as well, or do you think it would require an entirely new research project?
Thanks,
Lucas
Great question, Lucas. My hunch is that all the broad conclusions probably apply, though I’d want to think through the details more carefully before standing behind that claim. I suppose one thing that really affects my thinking is whether the organism has to navigate its environment in search of resources. My impression is that the youngest shrimp aren’t doing this; they’re just being carried along like plankton. So, that lowers my estimation of their capacities to something more like grubs than juvenile crickets. But of course I haven’t investigated this at all, so please don’t put too much weight on that hot take!
Happy to discuss if it would be helpful; feel free to DM me.
Thanks very much Bob, appreciate the hot take! I’ll get in touch if we’d like any more detail :)