ELI5- Why do bugs squirm when they are being hurt, but don’t limp when a leg is cut off? Do they feel pain? Or do they just have a protective reaction to harm that is being done to them?
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From what I remember, bugs don’t have muscles for movement so they move just by the sheer force of pumping their blood through their limbs with every beat. That being said, once they are injured, the increased heart rate and pumping causes increased limb movement and thus the squirming
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