Well, here ya go. Apparently, the mirror-test shrimp are Myrmica ants.
The article is named Are Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) capable of self recognition?, and the abstract could’ve been “Yes” if the authors were fond of brevity.
I remember hearing a claim that the mirror test success rate reported in this article is the highest among all animals ever tested, but this needs checking, can easily be false.
This is quite an extraordinary claim published in a terrible journal. I’m not sure how seriously I should take the results, but as far as I know nobody took them seriously enough to reproduce, which is a shame. I might do it one day.
Well, here ya go. Apparently, the mirror-test shrimp are Myrmica ants.
The article is named Are Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) capable of self recognition?, and the abstract could’ve been “Yes” if the authors were fond of brevity.
(Link: https://www.journalofscience.net/html/MjY4a2FsYWk=, link to a pdf: https://www.journalofscience.net/downnloadrequest/MjY2a2FsYWk=.)
I remember hearing a claim that the mirror test success rate reported in this article is the highest among all animals ever tested, but this needs checking, can easily be false.
This is quite an extraordinary claim published in a terrible journal. I’m not sure how seriously I should take the results, but as far as I know nobody took them seriously enough to reproduce, which is a shame. I might do it one day.