Animals That Have Been Observed To Pass
Animals that have passed the mirror test include:
- All great apes:
- Humans – Humans tend to fail the mirror test until they are about 18 months old, or what psychoanalysts call the "mirror stage".
- Bonobos
- Chimpanzees
- Orangutans
- Gorillas – Initially it was thought that gorillas did not pass the test, but there are now well-documented reports of gorillas (such as Koko) passing the test.
- Bottlenose dolphins
- Orcas
- Elephants
- European Magpies
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