re: Best/Favorite documentary?

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Dolphins can recognize themselves in a mirror!

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Ok. So they are self-conscious.

What about tests for other animals besides the mirror test?

I think queen ants are self-conscious. And the social ordering among hymenopterans is more intricate than a dolphin noticing it has a spot on it.

A dolphin is so conscious that it committed suicide!

I'm not trying to rag on dolphins. I love the things. I know their story, their complete history and pre-history. I even saw a handful this last weekend. The thing is in The Cove you have people saying that the dolphins could easily communicate their feelings and the humans could interpret them and knew exactly what they were feeling from afar.