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How do animals experience pain? - Robyn J. Crook

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Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have multiple ways of treating it — but what about other species? How do the animals all around us experience pain? Robyn J. Crook examines pain in both vertebrate and invertebrate animals.

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Educator
Robyn J Crook
Director
Anton Bogaty
Script Editor
Emma Bryce
Sound Designer
Weston Fonger
Associate Producer
Jessica Ruby
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Narrator
Julianna Zarzycki

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