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Here is the paper. It was widely discussed ... on reddit for a long time I didn't think it was real.

Ants are painted with dots that match their exoskeletons, some are painted with blue dots. The ants are observed interacting with a mirror.

I've seen this experiment mentioned as a reason why calling the mirror dot test a "test for self awareness" is flawed: a lot of people really don't like this result.

Still, the journal gives me pause. What do you think?

https://www.journalofscience.net/showpdf/MjY4a2FsYWkxNDc4NTIzNjk=