Do lobsters feel pain?

Getting boiled to death doesn't hurt, if you're a lobster. According to a new Norweigian study, scientists at the University of Oslo conclude that a lobster's simple nervous system and underdeveloped brain keep it from experiencing pain in the pot. What about all that thrashing? Just an escape reflex. As biologist Mike Loughlin says, "It's a semantic thing: No brain, no pain." This may put the "lid" on PETA's call for lobster liberation as part of its Fish Empathy Project.