Mirror Test

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• MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve always wondered how many animals can pass the self-recognition test, but either A) they don’t do it immediately so they don’t get counted as passing, or B) they just don’t give a fuck.

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  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I read recently that chickens pass the mirror test but don’t really give a damn about their own reflection so the researchers had to use an alternative method to prove it. They found that lone cockerals don’t crow because there are no other chickens to alert, they will crow in the presence of even one other chicken but will not crow when left with just their own reflection, implying they know its not another chicken.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do they crow in the presence of a photo of a different chicken?

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are we sure they can actually see their reflection and identify it as a chicken?

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  • General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure most adult dogs and cats understand mirrors, they just get creeped out by their own reflection. Take an adult cat, hold it up to a mirror. Watch as it actively avoids looking at itself. My dog stares at me for long periods me through a full-length bedroom mirror and even barks and runs to the window when she dogs outside through it. Doesn’t really care much about her own reflection.

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    • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My cat kept meowing at cabinets and mirrors randomly when I was standing near them. After a few days I noticed he was meowing at me, he just was looking straight at me in the reflection, instead of turning around.

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  • dumbass@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    youtu.be/lT3o0mhAm44

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    • MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Right, but how many of those reactions were because the animal thought they were looking at another animal, as opposed to reactions because they’re seeing themselves in an unexpected place?

      I mean, I bet many animals can see their own reflection when they go to get water; if you only ever saw your reflection in puddles or lakes, it’d be potentially terrifying to suddenly see yourself materialize in the middle of the jungle.

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• lauha@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol at the pigeon comment. Animal who inhales the smoke of cigarettes insulting an animal who merely uses non burning substance as a bedding.

  They sure “owned” that pigeon

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And even ten using some cigarettes in nests makes some sort of sense. Nicotine is s natural pesticide, thus fending of mites and other creepy crawlies.

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    • naught@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The butts are also soft and fibrous

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• kromem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also, ants.

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s probably more due to their chemical identifiers than sight. Ants communicate with each other through pheromones, and a reflection wouldn’t do that. It would be like someone serving you a steak that smelled like nothing. You’d know something was wrong.

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