Wallace Lobster Summary

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Wallace then goes on to point to the evidence that lobsters exhibit pain behavior; therefore, showing that lobsters experience suffering. In particular, Wallace illustrates the behavior that lobsters display during the age old cooking method of boiling. Asserting that even the most “stuporous” lobster “tends to come alarmingly to live when placed in boiling water” (467-2). Wallace compares the physical resistance that lobsters show when being put into a boiling pot, to the same actions a human would take to avoid a painful experience: “[T]he lobster will sometimes try to cling to the container’s sides or even to hook it’s claws over the metal rim like a person trying to keep from going over the edge of a roof” (469-2). Wallace emphasizes

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