Mirror test hints at self-awareness in horses

Horses display signs of visual self-awareness when undertaking a mirror test, new research shows.  In a series of experiments, 14 horses showed signs of self-recognition in mirrors.  They even seemed to use the information in their reflection to recognise if their face was dirty and needed wiping clean.

Eleven horses out of a group of 14 tried to rub coloured marks off their own cheeks after they discovered them in a mirror. This makes horses the only animals besides primates found to be generally capable of self-recognition in a mirror, says Paolo Baragli at the University of Pisa in Italy.

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