Animals Reflected in Water

I wouldn't exactly call it narcissism, but animals like to look at their reflections just like people do. And when a photographer is there to capture the moment, you get double the subjects! See 16 photographs of animals and their reflections in water in a gallery at Environmental Graffiti. Link

(Image credit: Flickr user ucumari)

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@Ryan S:

There are quite a few more species of animals that have passed the mirror test.

In fact, all of the great apes past the test; orcas, elephants and magpies also pass the test.

Other animals are able to pass a variation of that test, such as pigeons.

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The famous "dot test" checks if an animal is aware of its own reflection (as its own reflection) and only 3 species have passed this test Chimps, Dolphins and Humans. Most animals are completely unaroused by their reflection. This one is probably just staring at a shiney bit of light.

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I don't think any of those photographs represent an animal looking at its own reflection in the water. The animals themselves are reflected, from the photographers perspective, but not from their own.

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