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Originally posted by CSflim
How can you tell that a cat is not self aware?
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The typical test of self-awareness would be: place a mirror in front of the creature, and see if it reacts differently to the image than it would to a picture of another member of the species. Dolphins are seen as self-aware because they can recognize themselves in this way; some species of apes can do the same. Cats can't - they can't make the connection between an image and a creature; but that can be caused by the fact that they need vision *and* smell to identify someone...