Scrape, cluck, lay eggs — that’s it? Anyone involved in chicken farming knows that the animals are capable of much more. Researchers have found evidence that roosters could recognize themselves in a mirror. Whether this is successful, however, depends on the experimental conditions — a finding that points beyond the experiment with roosters and could also be of importance for other animal species.
Scrape, cluck, lay eggs — that’s it? Anyone involved in chicken farming knows that the animals are capable of much more. Researchers have found evidence that roosters could recognize themselves in a mirror. Whether this is successful, however, depends on the experimental conditions — a finding that points beyond the experiment with roosters and could also be of importance for other animal species. Scrape, cluck, lay eggs — that’s it? Anyone involved in chicken farming knows that the animals are capable of much more. Researchers have found evidence that roosters could recognize themselves in a mirror. Whether this is successful, however, depends on the experimental conditions — a finding that points beyond the experiment with roosters and could also be of importance for other animal species.