A photographer to experiment with wild animals in the forest Gabon. He put a giant mirror in the middle of the forest to observe the reactions of animals. The video has been clicked on more than 20 million times.

The ability to recognize themselves in a mirror image is not normal for all living things. Humans, for example, can only do so at around the age of 18 months to two years.

Not many creatures that have this capability. Besides humans, as well as dolphins, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and bonobos.

Cats and dogs were regarded as intelligent animals, can not realize that the reflection they see is not from the other animals.

Even gorillas should be able to recognize themselves in a mirror, can be confused when he saw his reflection in the mirror for the first time. It looks at the video tape French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre.

Brierre install a giant mirror in sharing forest sites in Gabon. Nearby he put a camera hidden in a cardboard box. Many of the animals funny reaction when she saw her reflection.

Chimpanzees recognize in the mirror diriny busy checking out body parts that are usually not seen by them in the mirror.

Or leopard that has instinct to attack the reflection he sees in the mirror.

Researchers have long been interested in animals reaction when confronted with a mirror. "Mirror Test" or the mirror test was first developed by Gordon Gallup Jr. in 1970.

A method is applied to test whether animals have the ability to recognize his own reflection.

How: animal stamped on its body color. When confronted with a mirror, the image of animals that can recognize themselves will react by touching the color or even trying to eliminate them.

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