Dancing Cat with Mirror

The first time a cat encounters a mirror can be extremely entertaining. I wonder whether, in the wild, a cat's reflection in water would elicit a similar response.

Like cats, human toddlers who see themselves in a mirror also believe that they are looking at another child. This is an area of research for developmental psychologists who study how we develop a sense of ourselves. The researchers place a dot of lipstick on the toddler's nose and ask the child to touch it when they look in the mirror. Early on, the child will touch the mirror, however, by about 3 years, the child will touch his/her own nose, showing an understanding of who the person they see in the mirror actually is.

In my experience, cats don't remain as alarmed as the cat in this video. They stop reacting as if another cat is around, so perhaps they work out that it's really them, in the end. These cats aren't dancing for real, but it sure looks like it sometimes! This one could be breakdancing...

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Dancing Cat with Mirror

Dancing cats aren't usually dancing for real, but it sure looks like it sometimes! This one could be breakdancing...

The first time a cat encounters a mirror can be extremely entertaining. I wonder whether, in the wild, a cat's reflection in water would elicit a similar response.

Like cats, human toddlers who see themselves in a mirror also believe that they are looking at another child. This is an area of research for developmental psychologists who study how we develop a sense of ourselves. The researchers place a dot of lipstick on the toddler's nose and ask the child to touch it when they look in the mirror. Early on, the child will touch the mirror, however, by about 3 years, the child will touch his/her own nose, showing an understanding of who the person they see in the mirror actually is.

In my experience, cats don't remain as alarmed as the cat in this video. They stop reacting as if another cat is around, so perhaps they work out that it's really them, in the end.

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