What animal can identify a mirror in oneself?

Most animal cannot identify him.

This is ego acknowledge function, in the function that animal bound is not a very general evolution, can say one of strong points that are the mankind. The mankind identifies him in the mirror is in 18 months when.

The scientist did many test, see what animal can identify his, the result of these experiments is open to question, the likelihood has false negative, that is to say some of animal can identify him, but its react and was not realized by the mankind.

Let us saw what animal pass specular test.

Dolphin is worthy of is the cleverest animal, oneself can admit in the mirror. Blame of our near clever long syncretic can identify him, chimpanzee of an old name for Japan and chimpanzee are OK. Asian elephant is OK, ou Yaxi magpie and parrot are OK inside the bird, latter should pass training. Ant unexpectedly can, cleaner wrasse is fish inside of only pass a test.

These animals often need for some time fumble, just realize to oneself are inside the mirror next, once realize, they often use a mirror to visit the place that those cannot see him body, for instance Asian elephant can see his tongue in the mirror.

What cannot identify oneself is much went, the monkey won'ts do completely, gorilla has only individual can, and because contact much reason with the mankind,the likelihood is. Fish ejaculation water and giant bat Fen is possible, but the scientist is not taken.

34 giant panda did specular test, include different age, but pass a mirror to experiment without, giant panda is behaved particularly violently before the mirror, because this scientist thinks they a mirror is medium oneself regard as additionally one congener.

The dog is clever animal, but cognitive without ego ability, in cannot identifying a mirror oneself, also do not have consciousness to the food in the mirror, because the dog relies on smell to live,the likelihood is.

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