Do Goldfish Like Mirrors?

Looking at themselves in a mirror is enough to scare some fish, a new study finds. Fish looking at a mirror showed increased brain activity in regions linked to fear than fish faced with an actual fish separated by glass, the study showed.

Can goldfish recognize themselves in a mirror?

But as Jake Buehler of National Geographic reports, a new study has found that fish, not typically seen as the brainiest of creatures, may also show signs of self-recognition. The mirror self-recognition test, first developed by psychologist Gordon Gallup Jr.

Are fish scared of mirrors?

The research on fish reactions to their reflection yielded surprising results, a Stanford researcher says. Fish become feisty but fearful when facing themselves in a mirror, according to two Stanford biologists.