Common human painkillers significantly change the way Norway lobsters respond to an unpleasant stimulus, scientists have found. Administering an analgesic drug to Nephrops norvegicus lobsters before delivering a mild electric shock reduced the amount of tail flipping – an escape behavior – exhibited by those crustaceans. The finding is the result of a careful, rigorous study, and adds another compelling piece of evidence to the pile that crustaceans such as lobsters experience nociception – the