Animals react to seeing themselves in a mirror

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Animals react to seeing themselves in a mirror

7 yrs ago

jungle animals looking at themselves in a mirror

A group of workers set up a mirror in the jungle to see how wild animals reacted to seeing themselves in a mirror. As you’ll see in the video, the reactions range from violent (but harmless) to hilarious.

Which is your favourite reaction? How does your pet react when it sees itself in a mirror?

5 comments

They're all gold. Liked all, the reactions of the baboon really hilarious.

HOLA

7 yrs ago

That baboon reminded me of when I look in the mirror when I get out of bed. We used to have a large mirror up at the back fence and every morning a magpie would swoop down and do the Fan Dance, I think he was wooing himself. It made a terrible mess of the mirror, but it was funny.

Daisy

7 yrs ago

Ha ha, thanks Leon, could watch that many times. We used to have a goat who liked to come indoors to look at himself in the mirror. Our doors were always open (no screens) and in he would trot and head straight for one of the bedrooms to stare at himself for ages. He gave us a lot of laughs.

:) They're great Leon ... thank you, so funny.

My favourite and one I practice every morning now I'm older is

Like Robi have had pets that provided lots of entertainment when confronted with mirrors. The granddog argues with the TV whenever a dog comes on screen ... very funny too.

Love the Windex magpie ad as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpXMkJmEFT0

I'm Myself

7 yrs ago

I love that windex ad as well, I also love the reaction of our pets to mirrors, we had a dog that just wouldn't look at herself and hated the camera also....