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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago

New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings

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New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings

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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago
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New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, and Crabs as Sentient Beings
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New Zealand officially recognizes lobsters, octopuses, and crabs as sentient beings, leading to changes in commercial fishing.

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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    Excuse me, but it recognizes all of us cephalopods as sentient beings, thank you very much.

    Too bad this ‘bnnbreaking.com’ is literally the only source for this story.

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      Yeah, HN flagged and removed the link.

    • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
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      Is there a legal definition of sentience?

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        Dunno about legal, but I’m pretty sure the scientific bar for sentience is pretty low. You basically just have to have senses (e g. hearing, sight, etc) and react to stimuli to be sentient.

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