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===== Pigs ===== [[Pig]]s can use visual information seen in a mirror to find food. In a 2009 experiment, seven of the eight pigs who spent 5 hours with a mirror were able to find a bowl of food hidden behind a wall and revealed using a mirror. Pigs that had no experience with mirrors, looked behind the mirror for the food.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Broom|first1=D. M. |last2=Sena|first2=H. |last3=Moynihan|first3=K. L. |year=2009|title=Pigs learn what a mirror image represents and use it to obtain information|journal=Animal Behaviour|volume=78|issue=5|pages=1037β1041|doi=10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.027|s2cid=53175225}}</ref> [[BBC Earth]] also showed the food bowl test,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Smart Pigs vs Kids | Extraordinary Animals |last= BBC Earth|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mza1EQ6aLdg|via=YouTube |date=Feb 19, 2014}}</ref> and the "matching shapes to holes" test, in the ''Extraordinary Animals'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Are Pigs Self-Aware?| The Private Life of Pigs | Real Wild|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqD3FkDgGYk|via=YouTube}}</ref> There is evidence of self-recognition when presented with their reflections. So far, pigs have not been observed to pass the mirror mark test, however.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mypigfilledlife.org/adopt/f/did-you-know-pigs-are-self-aware | title=Did you know? Pigs are self aware! }}</ref>
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