{"id":228753,"date":"2025-01-31T14:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/wild-baboons-dont-recognize-themselves-in-a-mirror\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:45:17","slug":"wild-baboons-dont-recognize-themselves-in-a-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/wild-baboons-dont-recognize-themselves-in-a-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild baboons don\u2019t recognize themselves in a mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Self-awareness may be beyond primates in the wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chimps, organutans and other species faced with a mirror react to a dot on their face in the lab, a widely used measure of self-awareness. But while baboons in Namibia exposed to mirrors find the reflective glass fascinating, they don\u2019t respond to dots placed on their faces<\/a>, researchers report in the January Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences<\/em>. The result could indicate that lab responses to mirrors are a result of training \u2014 and that self-awareness might exist on a spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n