New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings - eviltoast
    • Heavybell@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Dunno about legal, but I’m pretty sure the scientific bar for sentience is pretty low. You basically just have to have senses (e g. hearing, sight, etc) and react to stimuli to be sentient.