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yeah, avoiding the creation of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is certainly an important concern, irrespective of the morality of pain and suffering questions.
Although I think you're probably right about the arm, I still think it's worth considering that "reflex" is normally discussed from sort of a vertebrate-centric point of view; it's frequently cited that there are more neurons in an octo's arms than there are in its brain... although I don't think anyone claims that the arms are conscious or anything, it does seem sort of likely that we sometimes over-apply our own experiences when we imagine what things are like for them...
Of course, I also have no idea if lizards feel pain when they drop their tails, for example...
Although I think you're probably right about the arm, I still think it's worth considering that "reflex" is normally discussed from sort of a vertebrate-centric point of view; it's frequently cited that there are more neurons in an octo's arms than there are in its brain... although I don't think anyone claims that the arms are conscious or anything, it does seem sort of likely that we sometimes over-apply our own experiences when we imagine what things are like for them...
Of course, I also have no idea if lizards feel pain when they drop their tails, for example...