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Those types of pain have already been scientifically characterized as separate: nociception vs. stress response. BOTH are also present in other animal species-- just watch a lion take down a gazelle and see how the gazelle reacts before the lion gets its teeth into it. Both acute and chronic stress responses are observed in other mammals.
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