Mirror-mark tests performed on jackdaws reveal potential methodological problems in the use of stickers in avian mark-test studies.
Some animals are capable of recognizing themselves in a mirror, which is considered to be demonstrated by passing the mark test. Mirror self-recognition capacity has been found in just a few mammals having very large brains and only in one bird, the magpie (Pica pica). The results obtained in magpie...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014
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