Study finds bumblebees display emotion-like inner life

New research has found that bumblebees display "emotion-like behaviours" previously observed only in mammals. Scientists discovered that the insects respond to stimuli in ways that suggest a form of inner life. The findings could reshape our understanding of consciousness and feeling in invertebrate animals.

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