Roosters may be able to recognise themselves in a mirror

Very few non-human animals have passed the mirror self-recognition test, but roosters have now succeeded at a modified version, which may mean they can understand that a reflection represents their own body

Roosters act differently when faced with another chicken versus just their own reflection. This may mean that the birds can recognise themselves in a mirror, a key test of. The way researchers tailored this mirror test to roosters may open up new methods of determining self-recognition in a diversity of animal species.

The researchers found that when a rooster was paired with another rooster, it raised the alarm far more often than when it was alone in the arena, regardless of whether it could see its own reflection. Having another rooster present but blocked from view behind a mirror led to similarly few alarms, suggesting roosters distinguish between reflection and reality through vision, not smell or sound.

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