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List of Animals That Have Passed the Mirror Test (www.animalcognition.org)
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[โ€“] Geek_King@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm surprised that ants visually recognize themselves! I thought they didn't have great vision and relied on the sense of smell.

[โ€“] Dkarma@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Maybe they can recognize their own pheremone "reflecting" and its not so much visual.