Wild baboons don’t recognize their own mirror reflections

Mongabay
Feb 12, 2025, 3:31 am176 pts
Humans like to study themselves in a mirror. But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades, researchers have tried to understand if other animals are self-aware. They’ve used what’s called the mirror test…

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