Very cool. Most cats don't have that kind of self-awareness.

I've had cats who would use the mirror for preening.

He knew exactly what he was doing. Looking at himself in the mirror to fix his fur before going out to meet somebody.

Interesting. Young cats, in my experience, so seem to react to their reflection but apparently assume it's another cat; in this case, the cat looks young but does indeed seem to understand that it's seeing itself. We should always be wary of anthropomorphising what may be conspecific reaction behaviour when trying to understand animals and no cat has ever passed the mirror test under controlled conditions, and that there are methodological flaws to using the mirror test as an indication of self-awareness (some species of ant, for example, pass it). However, it's also been my experience that feline intelligence varies enormously so, as the cat in the video is so cute, I'm going to give this one the benefit of the doubt and say it's a genius supercat.

I'd like to see this but you know, fakebook sux.

i had a cat, rossini, who would play pattycake with the kitty in the mirror. another one, robin, screamed and ran when i held her up to the mirror. i still have the scars. every other cat i've ever known has looked in the mirror, seen me in the mirror, and looked up and back to see whether i was really in the mirror or still in the room. they could all recognize me, but not necessarily themselves.

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