{"id":27353,"date":"2020-09-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/?p=27353"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:56:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:56:34","slug":"los-insectos-sienten-dolor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/los-insectos-sienten-dolor\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfLos insectos sienten dolor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">\u00cdndice<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/los-insectos-sienten-dolor\/#%C2%BFQue_es_el_dolor\" >\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el dolor?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/los-insectos-sienten-dolor\/#%C2%BFLos_insectos_sienten_dolor_cronico\" >\u00bfLos insectos sienten dolor cr\u00f3nico?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Los insectos <strong>poseen un sistema sensorial muy avanzado <\/strong>que responde a est\u00edmulos. Son capaces de reaccionar a est\u00edmulos como las luces infrarrojas y ultravioletas, las vibraciones y las ondas ultrasonido. Est\u00e1 demostrado que muchos animales invertebrados como ellos <strong>sienten y evitan est\u00edmulos peligrosos<\/strong> que produzcan dolor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todo esto apunta a que, efectivamente, <strong>los insectos sienten dolor<\/strong>. Sin embargo, no significa que sientan el dolor de la misma forma en la que lo sentimos los seres humanos ya que su sistema nervioso es diferente. Aunque sus nervios tambi\u00e9n se distribuyen a lo largo del cuerpo, puede que haya partes a las que no lleguen y en las que, por lo tanto, no sientan dolor. Todav\u00eda <strong>queda mucho por investigar y aprender <\/strong>sobre estos peque\u00f1os animales pero ya se han realizado diversos estudios en relaci\u00f3n a este tema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%BFQue_es_el_dolor\"><\/span>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el dolor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Para poder explicar si los insectos sienten dolor, es importante que conozcamos el significado de este t\u00e9rmino y c\u00f3mo funciona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El <strong>dolor<\/strong> es una respuesta biol\u00f3gica que experimentan los seres vivos que presentan <strong>sistema nervioso central<\/strong>. Tambi\u00e9n puede tratarse de una experiencia emocional, que funciona de forma subjetiva y es diferente en cada individuo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Se trata de un<strong> conjunto de mecanismos neurofisiol\u00f3gicos <\/strong>que mandan un mensaje al sistema nervioso central cuando una parte del cuerpo se expone al dolor. Los nociceptores son las terminaciones nerviosas que detectan el <strong>est\u00edmulo que provoca el dolor <\/strong>y analizan su procedencia, su intensidad y su duraci\u00f3n. La se\u00f1al nociceptiva se transforma en una se\u00f1al el\u00e9ctrica llamada transducci\u00f3n para que el cerebro pueda interpretarla y activar sus <strong>mecanismos de defensa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Los insectos tienen sistema nervioso central<\/strong>, aunque sea mucho m\u00e1s simple que el nuestro y el de otros animales de mayor tama\u00f1o. Adem\u00e1s, tambi\u00e9n cuentan con los \u00f3rganos sensoriales que reaccionan al dolor por lo que s\u00ed, son capaces de sentirlo, aunque a\u00fan no se sabe con exactitud de qu\u00e9 modo o con qu\u00e9 intensidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para saber si los animales sienten dolor se recurre a la <strong>analog\u00eda<\/strong>, comparando nuestras reaciones y las suyas ante un est\u00edmulo negativo. Estas reacciones pueden ser, por ejemplo, la hu\u00edda o el aumento de la frecuencia cardiaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%BFLos_insectos_sienten_dolor_cronico\"><\/span>\u00bfLos insectos sienten dolor cr\u00f3nico?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Uno de los \u00faltimos estudios referentes al dolor de los insectos ha demostrado cient\u00edficamente que estos animales tambi\u00e9n <strong>pueden sentir dolor persistente <\/strong>despu\u00e9s de una lesi\u00f3n ya curada. La investigaci\u00f3n se llev\u00f3 a cabo en la <strong>mosca de la fruta<\/strong> y dej\u00f3 evidencia de que esta puede experimentar dolor cr\u00f3nico, de una forma parecida que el ser humano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En este estudio, se da\u00f1\u00f3 el nervio de la pata de una mosca y dejaron que se curara. Una vez cur\u00f3, pudieron comprobar que todas las patas se hab\u00edan vuelto hipersensibles. Esto sucede porque las neuronas inhibidoras del dolor lo bloquean, cambiando la intensidad con la que se siente y haciendo que el animal est\u00e9 m\u00e1s alerta y se proteja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los insectos sienten dolor y<strong> tambi\u00e9n se basan en experiencias pasadas<\/strong>, evitando acercarse a est\u00edmulos que anterioremente ya les hab\u00edan provocado dolor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si quieres leer un art\u00edculo relacionado, echa un vistazo a este: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/los-peces-sienten-dolor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (se abre en una nueva pesta\u00f1a)\">\u00bfLos peces sienten dolor?<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n  <style>\n  .product-container{\n    cursor:pointer;\n  }\n  a.producto-titulo{\n    font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.2;height: 62px;margin-bottom: 12px;color: #575757;font-weight:400;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;font-family: \"Poppins\", sans-serif;\n  }\n  .producto .product-container img{\n    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