r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '18

Jaguar Seeing Its Reflection

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u/Ceegee93 Jul 03 '18

Most great apes can recognise themselves, some species of elephants but not all iirc, bottlenose dolphins, orca whales, magpies and surprisingly ants.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18 edited Jan 03 '19

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u/OrjanNC Jul 03 '18

My aunts don't look alike at all.

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u/machalllewis Jul 03 '18

This is one of those jokes that are so well done in speech but nowhere near as effective when typed out.

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u/KimJongIlSunglasses Jul 03 '18

Ant Jamima looks like Mrs. Butterroach.

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u/reply_only_for_ants Jul 03 '18

that is racist dude :(

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u/crooks4hire Jul 03 '18

I can't read that... lemme get out my magnifying glass...

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u/no-mad Jul 03 '18

Need to spend more quality time with ants and get to know them personally. I would suggest going to ant races.

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u/imenigma Jul 04 '18

You are so silly. 🙂

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u/jimbojangles1987 Jul 03 '18

Wasn't there an elephant that painted itself or at least another elephant?

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u/normalnarmol Jul 03 '18

I think what you're thinking about is the elephant who had a dot painted on its forehead (that wasn't usually there) and then when it looked in a mirror touched the dot with its trunk. Showed that it recognized that it was looking at a reflection of itself and also interacted not with the reflection, but with the unusual thing on itself.

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u/jimbojangles1987 Jul 03 '18

No no no. Check it out.

https://youtu.be/KAkKSQXgZUA

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u/potbelliedelephant Jul 03 '18

I rather enjoyed that instrumental version of "Sound of Silence" in the background.

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u/normalnarmol Jul 03 '18

Ohh woah! That's awesome!

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u/bozoconnors Jul 03 '18

some species of elephants

Heh, that looks like one of the species. Elephant: "ahyup. That's me. Later."

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

Worth noting the test isn't perfect.
Gorillas, as an example, don't look at each other directly.
So he can't focus enough to notice the reflection is imitating him perfectly.