Wild baboons don’t recognize themselves in a mirror
While staring at their own reflections, the monkeys didn’t react to a laser dot on their face
Wild baboons will look at themselves in a large mirror, but they do not respond to the reflection of a laser dot that they can see on their face. That lack of response suggests they do not have self-awareness.
E. Ahmad et al/Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2025