Reuters
Posted: 3:50 am
August 19, 2008
Magpies - and not just humans, chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants - can recognize themselves in a mirror, according to new research.
Magpies share the same quality of self-awareness, German scientists report in the Public Library of Science journal Biology.
"It shows that the line leading to humans is not as special as many thought," the scientists said.
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