Editing Mirror (section)

== <span id="Mirrors and animals"></span> Mirror test ==
{{Main|Mirror test}}

Only a few animal species have been shown to have the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror, most of them [[mammal]]s. Experiments have found that the following animals can pass the [[mirror test]]:
* [[Human]]s. Humans tend to fail the mirror test until they are about 18 months old, or what [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalysts]] call the "[[mirror stage]]".<ref name=palm2014/><ref name=coren/><ref name=archer/>
* All [[great ape]]s:
** [[Bonobo]]s<ref name=miller/>
** [[Chimpanzee]]s<ref name=miller/><ref name=poin2003/>
** [[Orangutan]]s<ref name=natgeo/>
** [[Gorilla]]s. Initially, it was thought that gorillas did not pass the test, but there are now several well-documented reports of gorillas (such as [[Koko (gorilla)|Koko]]<ref name=patt2012/>) passing the test.
* [[Bottlenose dolphins]]<ref name=mart1995/>
* [[Orcas]]<ref name=delf2001/>
* [[Elephants]]<ref name=plot2006/>
* [[European magpie]]s<ref name=prio2008/>