To me, this discussion about hurting animals is incomparable between crustaceans and mammals. There are huge evolutionary differences between the two and killing a lobster is comparable to killing a spider. Spiders and Lobsters are both arthropods. Sure, they probably do feel pain. Think about all the arthropods that are killed in the production of vegetables? With pesticides and production and harvesting of vegetables, billions of arthropods are killed every day. What about these guys? Sure, they are smaller, and they are just bugs....so is there a difference between me killing a fly versus me killing a spider? Me killing a moth or me killing a crab? No. The only difference is that crustaceans are a bit harder to kill.
EDIT: Missed my point.
The production of vegetables is far more brutal to arthropods than lobster harvesting and consumption. The only difference is that lobsters are bigger than flies.
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