Cruelty to Crustaceans? Crabs, Lobsters May Feel Pain  Crabs,
lobsters and shellfish are likely to feel pain when being
cooked, according to a new study.  Two large lobsters are
weighed in Bath, Maine. These guys are in for excruciating
deaths if the findings of a recent study are correct.  Some say
the hiss that sounds when crustaceans hit the boiling water is a
scream (it's not, they don't have vocal cords). But lobsters and
crabs may want to since a new report suggests that they could
feel pain.  In a British lab experiment published in the Journal
of Experimental Biology, European shore crabs were likely to
avoid dark shelters in a tank that delivered electric shocks to
the crabs. The data "are consistent with key criteria for pain
experience and are broadly similar to those from vertebrate
studies," the authors say.  Robert Elwood, a biologist with
Queen's University in the United Kingdom and author of the
report, says it is impossible to know whether or not an animal
feels pain because humans are unable