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How insects could be more conscious than we realize

A monarch butterfly clings to a plant at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, California, December 30, 2014. Monarch butterflies may warrant U.S. Endangered Species Act protection because of farm-related habitat loss blamed for sharp declines in cross-country migrations of the orange-and-black insects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.

Peter Singer discusses new evidence that subjective experience may be far more widespread than previously thought. Image: REUTERS/Michael Fiala

Peter Singer
Professor, Princeton University
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