The silkworm (the caterpillar of the silk moth) can
certainly feel and recoil and writhe when injured. It is difficult to
say, in an animal so vastly different from us, whether this constitutes
suffering, but, as they are killed in the millions (by baking, steaming,
electrocution or microwaves) for yet another product we simply don't
need, surely it would be better to give them the benefit of the doubt?
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