Monkey Hour

[stellinacadente]

No seriously... I had to share this one...

I left the blinds open (unusual for me at this time at night)...

and my kitten has started to fight against his mirrored self!

With ears back, tale fussed and all...

he got so upset that he charged "the enemy" head first only to knock himself out on the window glass!

[anthrobabe]

Too cute.

sort o like this one

[youtube=425,350]PNyLkXcN8yU[/youtube]

[stellinacadente]

Man that is exactly what X was doing last night! Isn't it weird? I remember my daughter used to do weird things in front of the mirror when she first got put in front of it....

[Opsa]

Aw, so cute!

I hear that some animals can't see their own reflections, or maybe they don't pay them any attention because they can't smell the "other" animal.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

It's because they don't recognize the animal in the mirror has themselves, right?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Eventually, they figure it out..... my current cat (Galileo) did the mirror trick for a bit.  But, he kept trying to get behind the mirror with his paw.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Passing the mirror test is one of the big measures in animal intelligence, so far big primates, dolphins, orca whales, elephants and magpies (from the crow family) pass the test. Parrots, cats and dogs until now don't pass the test.

[pieces o nine]

My cats have always taken the mirror with a big yawn because  --[*I think*]--  I am holding them the first time they look into one. Since they know what I look like, they seem to realize much faster that there isn't another 'me' with a cat standing in front of us. They have all looked at their own reflection intently for a few moments the first time, without fear or aggression displays, but pretty much ignore it after that.

Your cat (and the one in the video!) seem to have had much more fun!   

On the other hand, all my cats have had a 'favorite' tv program (which I know is not really a good sign!)

[anthrobabe]

Passing the mirror test is one of the big measures in animal intelligence, so far big primates, dolphins, orca whales, elephants and magpies (from the crow family) pass the test. Parrots, cats and dogs until now don't pass the test.

And if you ever get the chance to be present when this is done-- say when a gorilla has to have a tooth out and they mark him while he is under sedation-- it is an amazing experience- they come out of the sedatin slowly and are woozy at first and then they are like what's this mirror doing sitting in the hall and then it's like-- what is on my head and let me see if I can get it off and then you get a look that says I know you had something to do with this and some peanut butter or pie filling would really help the situation right now because I am a bit embarrassed at the fuss....
Then you know in your heart one of the greatest natural truths in the universe. We aren't the top of the line- we are just really good with twigs.