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(22,764 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,094 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)hlthe2b
(102,278 posts)but, yeah, that was a really cool bit.
hlthe2b
(102,278 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,767 posts)Fla Dem
(23,673 posts)that it was in fact her. What a smarty!
Uncle Joe
(58,363 posts)Thanks for the tread tblue.
tblue37
(65,358 posts)her ears in the mirror:
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Karadeniz
(22,516 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)intrepidity
(7,297 posts)Looks embarrassed too: "How come nobody ever told me how big my ears are, OMG, sooooo embarrassed!"
wendyb-NC
(3,327 posts)Smart, too. He tested if who he saw in the mirror was another dog or him, several various ways.
intrepidity
(7,297 posts)I was left unsure of whether he realized it was him or not. Everything he was doing could also be interpreted as trying to engage another puppy in play, but he became confused when the other puppy didn't respond with play but rather imitated his "play-initiation" gestures. Would have like to see what happened next.
The cat with ears up thread is another matter...!
wnylib
(21,466 posts)puppy and is trying to get a reaction from it. He is not recognizing himself in the mirror.
Self-recognition requires conscious self awareness. Dogs and cats are not capable of that kind of self awareness. But they are awfully damned cute when trying to figure out the animal looking back at them.
intrepidity
(7,297 posts)That'a a bit tougher to figure out imho. That cat sure seems aware of what it's looking at.
wnylib
(21,466 posts)It sees ears and touches its own. But it continues to touch only its ears when it sees the whole face. Not knowing the cat personally, I don't know if that is just a quirk of the cat's behavior, like a nervous habit when confronted with uncertainty. Or maybe that particular cat is the exception to the accepted belief about self awareness in cats and dogs.
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)TlalocW
(15,382 posts)That would bark at themselves in the mirror no matter how many times they saw themselves.
TlalocW