LONDON (Reuters) - Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, highlighting the mental skills of some birds and confounding the notion that self-awareness is the exclusive preserve of humans and a ...

A certain scientist had a cage, and took a magpie, and put the magpie in the cage. And the magpie’s head and neck were black, and black were its beak and eyes, but the breast and belly of the magpie ...

Video: New research shows that magpies can recognise themselves – the first time this has been shown in non-mammals. Self-recognition, once thought to be an ability enjoyed only by select primates, ...

Magpies became the first birds to pass the mirror test in 2008 when they attempted to remove colored stickers placed on their feathers. Birds with transparent stickers showed no reaction, which ...

Magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror, highlighting the mental skills of some birds and confounding the notion that self-awareness is the exclusive preserve of humans and a few higher mammals.