had a pet lizard who learned how reflections worked. At first he had an aggression response, puffing himself out. But then, he calmed down and started licking the mirror, turning his head from side to side, and even closing his eyes reaaallly slowly before opening them up quickly. Really reminded me of when I was a kid trying to see how I looked with my eyes closed.
imagine that the animals that attack their reflections, like the roosters, have these internal dialogues like ” Oh man, this guy’s good, he’s matching every attack I’ve thrown so far, he’s as good as I am.”
That elephant really loved the way he looked , he checked every angle
Just the fact that the elephant wanted to see parts of its body it’s never seen before. Shows how truly intelligent they are.
