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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