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Magpies are no bird-brains, mirror test shows

LONDON (Reuters) - Magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror, highlighting the mental skills of some birds and confounding the notion that self-awareness is the exclusive preserve of humans and a few higher mammals. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?a=rSj0Aa"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?i=rSj0Aa" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=tFEaTK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=tFEaTK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=1yLqEk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=1yLqEk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=tsL6ak"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=tsL6ak" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~4/368542151" height="1" width="1"/>