[HN Gopher] Insects are more sensitive than they seem
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       Insects are more sensitive than they seem
        
       Author : harscoat
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2021-12-10 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | tomrod wrote:
       | Fascinating! I never considered insects could have emotion.
        
         | sinbadTheMad wrote:
         | Need to mention the book "Children of Time" in this thread for
         | finding empathy for spiders
        
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       | quocanh wrote:
       | I 100% can believe this. Especially the insects that form
       | colonies are capable of some sort of rudimentary communication
       | based on body language, can form bonds, can be annoyed instead of
       | just threatened, and can differentiate humans from objects. This
       | from my experience rehabilitating (raising?) a hornet to flight.
        
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