>>224146I dont think they are really "alive". Or if they have consciousness, they have no thoughts, the only semblence of thoughts are "food" when they eat and "scared" when they are fleeing. Maybe also one where they are hibernating or searching for certain chemical, but thats it, there is no nervous system or any actual signaling system that has that many parts happening. It is usually just chemicals directly responsible for many commands. I personally think this is also true for also majority of multicellular organisms including plants, most dumb primitive organisms if they have consciousness just feel nothing and every once in a while feel some thing happening that requires reaction. Maybe when it is pursuing something or feeling something unimportant it could feel like floating on water or standing on windy mountains
