Do birds recognise themselves in the mirror? Amy Arthur takes a look at the evidence <\/p>
If you looked into a mirror and thought your reflection was somebody else, you\u2019d fail the mirror test. To recognise that the image was you, you\u2019d have to understand that \u2018you\u2019 are a being. You\u2019d be self-aware.<\/p>\n
The mirror test, then, is used to test animal\u2019s self-awareness. Bonobos<\/a><\/strong> and bottlenose dolphins<\/a><\/strong> are among the animals who\u2019ve passed, though many other species failed. Of the birds tested, only the magpie and the domestic pigeon passed, while parrots, jackdaws<\/a><\/strong> and carrion crows failed.<\/p>\n Recently, researchers ran the mirror test with a waddle of 12 Ad\u00e9lie penguins. The birds did not display aggression or act as if the reflections were other individuals and instead were observed standing before the mirror, deliberately moving their heads and limbs while staring intently at the reflection\u2019s movements. This, researchers tentatively said, suggests the penguins could possibly have self-awareness.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> \u00a0<\/p>\n Main image: Adelie penguin \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Do birds recognise themselves in the mirror? Amy Arthur takes a look at the evidence <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30773,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/can-birds-pass-the-mirror-test.jpg",2121,1414,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/can-birds-pass-the-mirror-test-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/can-birds-pass-the-mirror-test-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/can-birds-pass-the-mirror-test-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/can-birds-pass-the-mirror-test-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/can-birds-pass-the-mirror-test-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/07\/can-birds-pass-the-mirror-test-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Do birds recognise themselves in the mirror? Amy Arthur takes a look at the evidence","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/30772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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