当提到章鱼和龙虾时，你的脑海里会想到什么？是海鲜食品还是智慧海洋生物？
Some creatures are so different from us that we can only guess how aware or sentient1 they are. An octopus2 has arms that can smell and taste. They can solve problems, even escape from aquariums3. Lobsters4 and crabs5 hunt, reproduce, and can regrow limbs. But none of these animals has a brain in the human sense.
有一些生物和我们是如此不同，以至于我们只能猜测它们的意识和感知力是怎样的。章鱼有能闻气味和尝味道的触须。它们可以解决问题，甚至可以逃离水族馆。龙虾和螃蟹捕食、繁殖，断肢还能再生。但这些动物都没有人类意义上的大脑。
Should we have to lessen6 their pain when we kill them like we stun7 cattle or gas chickens? Scientists are divided. The animal welfare bill going through Parliament would give many animals the right to more humane8 treatment, but it would only apply to vertebrates – in other words, species closer to humans.
我们在杀死这些动物时，是否需要像击昏牛或用毒气杀鸡那样减轻它们的痛苦？科学家们在这个问题上存在分歧。英国议会正在审理的动物福利法案将给予许多动物受到更人道待遇的权利，但这只适用于脊椎动物，也就是更接近人类的物种。
However, after pressure from welfare campaigners, ministers are set to extend the definition to cover lobsters, crab
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