Quote Originally Posted by MorphMaster View Post
Have you ever crushed your head?!!! I understand that I'd feel it, but you have to understand that if my head was crushed, my heart wouldn't be beating hours later. Who's to say that it still doesn't feel? I know it's a touchy subject, and I don't mean to sound insensitive. I just don't like the ignorance that's all. There is a very pronounced guy that freezes. So, for my first question, why does Ralph Davis freeze for euthanasia?
If the brain matter is destroyed then there is nothing left in the body that can interpret those electrical signals as pain. It cannot still feel because the part of it that does interpret pain (the brain) has been destroyed. If your hand was cut off and someone hooked electrodes to your hand, you wouldnt feel your hand jerk because it is not connected to your brain.

As to why Ralph Davis still freezes, you would have to ask him. If you ask a herp veterinarian, you would get this:

"Unfortunately, the myth that freezing herps is a good way to put them down persists. It almost makes sense, being that reptiles and amphibians are “cold-blooded”, but in fact, this adaptation makes this procedure even worse for them. This is because as they get cold, they become torporous, that is, alert mentally but unable to move or respond. This is in contrast to mammals, which become unable to move, but also become mentally dull and comatose as they become hypothermic. As a result, reptiles and amphibians can feel their body get cold, which produces pain, but they can do nothing about it. Studies show that they can, literally, feel their cells freeze and rupture as they get further chilled, sensing pain as intensely as if they were being burned alive, but unable to move or respond."

http://www.pnwhs.org/Articles/Freezi...orm-euthanasia