Founding a Nonprofit, Aquaculture, and Turning Research Into a Career with Wasseem Emam

Um, but yeah, there is apparently a growing scientific, and I'm, I'm saying apparently, there is growing scientific evidence that suggests shrimps, shrimps, that shrimp [laughs] can feel pain and experience distress, which points towards their capacity for basic sentience, which I did not know until our interview, and can't now unknow.

So thank you for that.

And I-

No dis- no disassemble Johnny Five.

Yeah.

Well, there's-

Little shrimps

... a good read about it.

Yeah.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Ugh.

When they get hurt, they groom or rub the injured spot or try-

Aw

...

the harm.

Like they understand what's happening, and they can remem- learn and remember, remember things, and then avoid them later.

Yeah.

So that's the thing.

And it's, they're not the only crustaceans that, that can feel that way.

So cool.

Those of you that were eating shrimp and you're like, "I'm good morally"

[laughs] Think again.

You know? Yeah.

And I mean, like most people, you know, we've known pigs are very smart for a very long time.

Um, but yeah, there is apparently a growing scientific, and I'm, I'm saying apparently, there is growing scientific evidence that suggests shrimps, shrimps, that shrimp [laughs] can feel pain and experience distress, which points towards their capacity for basic sentience, which I did not know until our interview, and can't now unknow.

So thank you for that.

And I-

No dis- no disassemble Johnny Five.

Yeah.

Well, there's-

Little shrimps

... a good read about it.

Yeah.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Ugh.

When they get hurt, they groom or rub the injured spot or try-

Aw

...

the harm.

Like they understand what's happening, and they can remem- learn and remember, remember things, and then avoid them later.

Yeah.

So that's the thing.

And it's, they're not the only crustaceans that, that can feel that way.

So cool.

Those of you that were eating shrimp and you're like, "I'm good morally"

[laughs] Think again.

You know? Yeah.

And I mean, like most people, you know, we've known pigs are very smart for a very long time.