FISH CAN RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN A MIRROR

Groundbreaking new research from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan claims that fish can recognize themselves in a mirror. Researchers focused on a species of fish called cleaner fish. These fish have long been known to attack any unfamiliar cleaner fish who may infringe on their territory. The fish were shown four photos: a regular photo of themselves, a photo of an unfamiliar cleaner fish, a photo of their own face on an unfamiliar cleaner’s body, and a photo of unfamiliar cleaner’s face on their own body. The cleaner fish didn’t attack images of their own faces, but they did attack photos with the faces of unfamiliar cleaner fish. Researchers believe these results indicate the cleaner fish determined who was in the photograph based on facial features not bodies.
* First, I wanna say these cleaner fish sound like real jerks.
* There’s no way to recreate the experiment because the test subjects have been sushied, as it were.
* “What did you do today at the expensive university, Keiko?” “I pasted pictures of fish faces on pictures of other fish.” “Atta girl!”
* If this news is supposed to make me feel bad about my Filet-o-Fish, it’s not working.
* My dog barks at his reflection but fish can recognize themselves? I don’t think so.