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Mirror Self-Recognition

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Mirror Self-Recognition
The ability to recognise oneself as an individual; lower animals, in particular birds, often attack mirrors, as the image is perceived to be that of another animal
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Until recently, the only creatures to conclusively show mirror self-recognition were mammals: humans, great apes, dolphins and elephants.
Bird brains: an excerpt from Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals by Balcombe, Jonathan / E
These include mirror self-recognition, cultural learning, comprehension of symbol-based communication systems, and an understanding of abstract concepts.
Dolphins might be second-smartest animals after humans by Asian News International
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mirror self-recognition tests, which involve marking an animal with a spot that can be inspected or touched only by looking in a mirror, can be tricky to interpret, Pepperberg adds.
Magpies check themselves out: reactions to mirror image suggest ... by Bower, Bruce / Science News
 
 
 
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