Can an animal (other than humans) recognize itself on TV?

Answer 1

YES I have a mix dog that is 9 years old. He sits in front of tv when he hears other animals. He tries to get into the tv with other dogs. Birds and cats will pull him out from behind our couch to watch tv. He looks away during commercials except if it is doog food commercial Videos of himself confuse him. totally

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/uPp6S

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

YES, I'm a psychology student and I actually did this as a class project but I took it a little further I asked the question can a dog recognize himself and his voice? I recorded my dog sleeping, barking and playing than I went to another town and recorded a unknownn dog barking and eating. Conclusion my dog would start barking as soon as he heard and saw the unknow dog on TV but would stay quiet just looking at the TV when it was himself.
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Answer 4

This is interesting, and many experts will tell you that animals do not possess the dimension in vision to do so. However, my Lhasa Apso looks at himself in the mirror and gives himself kisses. It is the sweetest thing I've ever seen!

So, possibly they can recognize selves on TV. I don't rule anything out when it comes to the animal brain and consciousness, I think there is more to it than we let ourselves understand.

Answer 5

This question fascinates me because dolphins and chimpanzees are the only other known animals besides humans to recognize themselves in a mirror; meaning that they have self-awareness like we do. A study was done where dolphins were marked on their bodies. When they were shown a mirror, they kept going back to the mirror to re-examine their marks, which shows that they are aware of themselves.

Answer 6

Chimps are able to recognize their own image in a mirror, which is a sign of an advanced brain. As far as recognizing themselves on TV, I suppose it's possible, but I've not seen it demonstrated before.

Answer 7

One night long ago, before there was an internet around to waste my time, I popped a video of my kitty into the VCR and ran some footage of him frolicking around the yard . I pointed to the screen and waved a string over the TV to center his attention there...but he did not focus on the screen and just wandered off to his food bowl. So as far as cats go, I think not.

Answer 8

Yes, my cat Petie recognizes other cats on TV and birds. He frequently watches movies with me. He liked the movie on the Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

Answer 9

Dogs recognize other dogs on tv, usually by the barking.

Answer 10

Yes