Possible Self-Awareness in Wild Adélie Penguins Pygoscelis adeliae

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Co-authored with Prabir G Dastidar and Azizuddin Khan. BioRxiv
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This preliminary study has investigated the potential presence of self-awareness in a population of wild Adeìlie penguins in East Antarctica on the basis of responses and reactions of individual penguins to images, generated in mirrors, using three experimental paradigms. These appear to be the first investigations into the potential presence of self-awareness in any penguin species in their natural environment, without any prior familiarisation, conditioning or acclimatisation to the experimental paradigms employed.

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