Chad Clark's Open Journal : 2007-04-09

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April 09, 2007 :
1) Elephants seem to be self-aware.  An elephant seems to recognize itself
in a mirror.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6100430.stm reads:

  US researchers made the discovery by studying the behaviour of Asian
  elephants in front of a tall mirror.
  
  One of the animals repeatedly touched a white cross painted on her
  forehead - a classic test used to assess mirror self-recognition in
  children and apes.
  
  The study is reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.



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