Incredible though it may seem, a wriggly roundworm with no eyes, no spine, and no brain to speak of may still possess the most basic of animal emotions.
For many minutes after receiving the short and sharp shock, this species continued to 'flee' at high speeds in the laboratory.
In the recent experiments, when worms sensed an electric alternating current for 45 seconds, they continued to move away at high speeds for over 2 minutes. The current research only looked at electric shocks, so it can't confirm this, but the severity of the shocks did seem to impact the worm's response.
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