Meet One Of The Only Fish Ever Reported To Pass A Self-Awareness Test. Hint: It’s Smaller Than Your Finger

A finger-length fish has reignited a long-running debate about self-awareness, cognition and how much we’ve underestimated ...
Salon

Can any animal recognize its reflection? New studies shake up old ideas

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 ...
Newsweek

Some Fish Check Their Size vs Their Opponent in the Mirror Before a Fight

Before squaring up for a fight, some fish check themselves out in the mirror to make sure they're big enough. This strange behavior was seen in bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), who ...
Medicine Buffalo

Self-reflective mind in animals?

According to one of the leading scholars in the field, there is an emerging consensus among scientists that animals share functional parallels with humans’ conscious metacognition; that is, our ...
Medicine Buffalo

Self-Reflective Mind -- In Animals! Psychologists Report on Continuing Advances

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- According to one of the leading scholars in the field, there is an emerging consensus among scientists that animals share functional parallels with humans' conscious metacognition -- ...
Newsweek

Cat’s Reaction to Reflection Dubbed One Step Away From ‘Self Recognition’

A cat recognizing a fellow feline's reflection has been dubbed as one step away from "self recognition" by impressed TikTokers. A video of a ginger cat confusedly grappling with a mirror was shared to ...
Psychology Today

Do Animals Know Who they Are?

Did David Graybeard, the chimpanzee who was first observed to use a tool by Jane Goodall, have any idea of who he was? Do elephants, dolphins, cats, magpies, mice, salmon, ants or bees know who they ...