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The nervous system of a lobster is very simple, and is in fact most similar to the nervous system of the grasshopper. It is decentralized with no brain. There is no cerebral cortex, which in humans is the area of the brain that gives the experience of pain. Though it sounds more sophisticated, a lot of the neurology in this latter claim is still either false or fuzzy.
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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