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by Night_Thastus 80 days ago
Worth nothing that the "mirror test" may not be accurate for a lot of animals - like dogs. Dogs are a lot more sensitive to smell, and can pass smell-based mirror-test-equivalents.
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Maybe also worth noting some evidence that ants can apparently pass the mirror test.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test#Insects

When it first came out I don't think anyone quite knew what to make of that, and I'm not sure anything's changed since.