Puppy sees himself in mirror--experiments to see if it's really him:

[tblue37]

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[Emile]

1. On the cute meter this puppy scores all tens!

[Irish_Dem]

2. Animals are getting smarter. Human IQ is going the other way.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. You can see the wheels turning in that little puppy mind.

[hlthe2b]

4. Reminds me of that old Lucy episode where she & Groucho Marx mime each other...

cutie pie.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. Harpo

but, yeah, that was a really cool bit.

[hlthe2b]

7. Oh, yes. It was Harpo. Thanks

[Midnight Writer]

8. Harpo and Groucho did that bit in Duck Soup. Lucy payed homage to that scene.

[Fla Dem]

5. Having absolutely no idea what a mirror is he went through extensive testing to prove to herself

that it was in fact her. What a smarty!

[Uncle Joe]

9. That is too cool.

Thanks for the tread tblue.

[tblue37]

10. I love that it's so obvious what he's doing. It reminds me of this adorable cat checking out

her ears in the mirror:

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[Karadeniz]

11. So cute!

[skylucy]

12. That is hilarious!

[intrepidity]

15. ""... dafuck are those things on my head?!"

Looks embarrassed too: "How come nobody ever told me how big my ears are, OMG, sooooo embarrassed!"

[wendyb-NC]

13. He's so cute Lol

Smart, too. He tested if who he saw in the mirror was another dog or him, several various ways.

[intrepidity]

14. It ended too soon

I was left unsure of whether he realized it was him or not. Everything he was doing could also be interpreted as trying to engage another puppy in play, but he became confused when the other puppy didn't respond with play but rather imitated his "play-initiation" gestures. Would have like to see what happened next.

The cat with ears up thread is another matter...!

[wnylib]

19. Agree. He thinks there is another

puppy and is trying to get a reaction from it. He is not recognizing himself in the mirror.

Self-recognition requires conscious self awareness. Dogs and cats are not capable of that kind of self awareness. But they are awfully damned cute when trying to figure out the animal looking back at them.

[intrepidity]

21. What's your take on the cat one up thread?

That'a a bit tougher to figure out imho. That cat sure seems aware of what it's looking at.

[wnylib]

22. Yes, the cat does seem to be aware.

It sees ears and touches its own. But it continues to touch only its ears when it sees the whole face. Not knowing the cat personally, I don't know if that is just a quirk of the cat's behavior, like a nervous habit when confronted with uncertainty. Or maybe that particular cat is the exception to the accepted belief about self awareness in cats and dogs.

[pazzyanne]

16. Even puppies understand scientific data.

[TlalocW]

17. And I always had dogs

That would bark at themselves in the mirror no matter how many times they saw themselves.

TlalocW

[Sogo]

18. So cute!

[electric_blue68]

20. Oh, what a cutie. 🥰