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Fish show signs of self-awareness

Avatar photo by Thomas Oakley-Newell February 21, 2022February 21, 2022

Researchers have found evidence of self-awareness in the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus through use of the Mirror Self-Recognition (MSR) test. The MSR test involves placing a mark on the animal’s body which can only be indirectly viewed through a mirror, and when seeing themselves in a mirror, they then attempt to touch or scrape the…

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