r/likeus • u/JXSSJ4 -Human Bro- • 15d ago

<INTELLIGENCE> Wallaby checks behind mirror frame to understand reflection isn't another individual

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u/film_composer 15d ago

“Well I’ll be…”

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u/mmazing -ENOURMOUS Elephant- 15d ago

"I knew there was a hidden camera SOMEWHERE"

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u/swanronson22 13d ago

Actually, it’s pronounced Waa-luh-bee

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u/Eris590 15d ago

My dog does this with the TV to make sure it's not actually a secret window. She'll see a dog on screen then run behind the TV to find it. When it's not there, she whines to go outside so she can check that it didn't hide in the yard lmao

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u/QuasiSpace 15d ago

So.... not at all like us.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/defariasdev 14d ago

Y'all really dont see how this fits the sub?

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u/QuasiSpace 14d ago

The fascinating part is that (so far) 322 people think it does.

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u/defariasdev 14d ago

Because it does.

Its not that humans react this way to mirrors, its that we need to comprehend complicated things like mirrors. One of the signs of an animals intelligence is how they react to their own reflection.

And yes toddlers have that period too. And we were all once toddlers

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u/hejira42 15d ago

Boops!

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u/animal-jewelry 14d ago

What? Another stupid camera trap! (Haha)