I don’t have a lot of context on insects’ apparent ignoring extreme injuries, but it’s worth noting that they may lack nociceptors in certain parts of their bodies, even if they have them elsewhere or can experience other negative states (e.g. fear). Or certain things may have strong analgesic effects, or they just don’t experience pain very intensely relative to other drives. There are alternative possible explanations besides insects being incapable of suffering.
Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if those examples aren’t very representative.
I don’t have a lot of context on insects’ apparent ignoring extreme injuries, but it’s worth noting that they may lack nociceptors in certain parts of their bodies, even if they have them elsewhere or can experience other negative states (e.g. fear). Or certain things may have strong analgesic effects, or they just don’t experience pain very intensely relative to other drives. There are alternative possible explanations besides insects being incapable of suffering.
Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if those examples aren’t very representative.
OTOH, they found no evidence for flexible self-protection in most insects here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/yPDXXxdeK9cgCfLwj/short-research-summary-can-insects-feel-pain-a-review-of-the