Compared to suffocating in acid, dying of disease could sometimes be far far worse, with hours of excruciating pain from sepsis, but I don’t know what disease deaths are like on average. Starvation would be drawn out much longer than suffocation, but I imagine wouldn’t reach the excruciating intensity of pain, although still possibly intensely painful (disabling).
This is for chickens, so perhaps doesn’t generalize to fish or especially invertebrates:
Compared to suffocating in acid, dying of disease could sometimes be far far worse, with hours of excruciating pain from sepsis, but I don’t know what disease deaths are like on average. Starvation would be drawn out much longer than suffocation, but I imagine wouldn’t reach the excruciating intensity of pain, although still possibly intensely painful (disabling).
This is for chickens, so perhaps doesn’t generalize to fish or especially invertebrates:
https://welfarefootprint.org/research-projects/cumulative-pain-and-wild-animal-welfare-assessments/
very interesting thank you