In 2021, Bunny, a TikTok-famous Sheepadoodle, stared at herself in a mirror and asked “who is this?” by tapping her paws on her augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device’s buttons. The ...

What are nonhumans reflecting about when they see their own reflections? What do they know about themselves? "...in light of Darwin’s principle of evolutionary continuity, we urge abandonment of the ...

Daniel Povinelli was in high school when he first read about a clever experiment, published in 1970, that showed chimpanzees—but not monkeys--can recognize themselves in mirrors. "I bought into the ...

Of all the animals that exist on this planet, only a precious few have the capacity to recognize themselves in a mirror. These fascinating — and at times hilarious — videos taken by photographer ...

Animals' funny reactions to seeing reflections Link Copied! French photographer Xavier Hubert-Brierre set up mirrors in Gabon to see if wild animals would recognize their own reflections.

Many animals become triggered when they see their own reflection because they fail to recognise it as themselves. Instead, they perceive the image as a rival invading their territory. This ...