Do lobsters feel pain when immersed in boiling water?

[GraciesMommy]

I love lobster but I am not going to be the one to boil one alive..I will leave that to the restaurant..I just can't do it..

[CagneyDog]

We slaughter cows, and other animals, so I don't understand why people are so upset but boiling lobsters?

[dukedogsmom]

Originally posted by ParNone
This is a True Story. One of my friends decided to have Baked Lobster. She popped him in the oven at 350 degrees. Within about 5 mins, she heard this tap...tap...tapping on the oven door. "Hey... Hey! Anybody out there? Woo, it's getting awfully hot in here."

What she was thinking to BAKE a lobster alive I do not know. She's a wee bit flakey. But it ended up saving his life. She couldn't cook and eat anything that was trying to communicate to her that he needed assistance out of a bad situation.

So I personally think they do feel pain.

Par...

That made my day! We need a laughing smiley. That is hilarious! No wonder we've never heard of baked lobster. I don't like getting the whole lobster. I just do the tails.

[GraciesMommy]

I couldn't slaughter any animal..not a pig, goat, cow, squirrel, rabbit...and I come from the country where hunting is a way of life...my son, dad, ex, all big hunters...deer, turkey, rabbit, squirrel..my dad raises cows and butchers them...he raises hogs and butchers them..but I don't hang around to watch. I never have..and never will. But yes, I will eat the meat..when we go to Arkansas he loads us up on meat if he just butchered one.

I think the difference (to me) is the fact that it is done in your home, in your kitchen..just sickens me to think about..but that is just me...