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Fish Recognition in Mirror

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fish sentience

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Do fish have feelings? Scientists believe they’re getting closer to an answer

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The mirror self-recognition test developed in the 1970s is considered the gold standard for evidence of visual self-awareness in animals.

Fish now have the best supported evidence of any animal for mirror self recognition, yet “people still don’t believe it’s going to take a monumental shift in human behaviour to catch up, says ecologist Culum Brown .

Countries and regions are beginning to recognise animal sentience, with New Zealand and the ACT extending this to fish.

In New Zealand , experts are raising questions now about the onset of sentience in fish.

Most zebrafish used in research are juveniles and excluded from protection under the Animal Welfare Act .

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