Bottlenose dolphins and their Ability to Recognize Themselves

Riess and Marino’s article about Bottlenose dolphin’s ability to recognize themselves in a mirror and their self-awareness. When 2 dolphins were brought to a mirror, they both showed signs on them observing their body parts and recognizing them as their own. Mirror self-recognition in animals was first discovered in chimpanzees, then with later research and experiments showed that dolphins have this capability as well. Experiments were made to test out if other primates or non primates had these capabilities, but no compelling proof was made. The article states that dolphins have high levels…