Fish interacting with a piece of food in the mirror (vertical video) (VIDEO)

Osaka Metropolitan University

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The cleaner wrasse picks up a piece of shrimp and drops it in front of the mirror. As the food falls, the fish repeatedly touches the glass of their tank with their mouths seeming to explore the mirror itself.

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Shumpei Sogawa, Osaka Metropolitan University

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