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Uploaded on Dec 21, 2008

Link to Part 2:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2kY6QS8BBZE

What really sets us apart from our cousins? Self-awareness?

Nope, apes can do this, too.

This video illustrates that our ape cousins also exhibit self-awareness, by recognizing that the reflected image in a mirror actually represents themselves.

An amazing bit of footage from the National Geographic documentary "Human Ape".

Animals that can pass the mirror test:
Humans
All of the great apes
Bottlenose dolphins
Orcas
Elephants
European Magpies

More about the mirror test:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test

More Information:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com...
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/cont...

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  • MrNickgers

    MrNickgers 1 month ago

    this is what youtube was made for.

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  • Michael Nguyen

    Michael Nguyen 3 weeks ago

    We are monkeys, watching monkeys, watching a monkey

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This video is a response to Chimpanzee Human-like behavior montage

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  • minecraftlulzar

    minecraftlulzar 2 days ago

    Apes*

    Big difference

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  • Crazzzzychickk

    Crazzzzychickk 3 days ago

    We are monkeys, watching monkeys watching a monkey looking at a monkey :)

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    TourettesSomething 5 days ago

    Metamonkeyception?

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    alex7071 1 week ago

    "Dafuq is this? OMG, that asshole painted my face. What a DOUCHE!"

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    Poliwhirl1 1 week ago

    What monkey?

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  • bartendersd

    bartendersd 1 week ago

    In an experiment similar to this, dolphins and apes were tested the same way but some were also marked with water (the dolphins were pricked with a little pin that felt much like the waterproof marker) to see if it was just the touch that made them look but it was not (the ones not marked with a visible marker did not try to touch it/look at it/remove it)

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  • Steve Hunt

    Steve Hunt 1 week ago

    Hey dude, how u doing

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    adameld 2 weeks ago

    that's watching back

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    Eboni Fragaria 2 weeks ago

    I want to try this on my parrot :V

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