Skip to contentNewsAnimalsWild baboons dont recognize themselves in a mirrorWhile staring at their own reflections, the monkeys didnt react to a laser dot on their face Wild baboons will look at themselves in a large mirror, but they do not respond to the reflection of a laser dot that they can see on their face. That lack of response suggests they do not have self-awareness.E. Ahmad et al/Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2025By Bethany Brookshire17 seconds agoSelf-awareness may be beyond primates in the wild.Chimps, organutans and other species faced with a mirror react to a dot on their face in the lab, a widely used measure of self-awareness. But while baboons in Namibia exposed to mirrors find the reflective glass fascinating, they dont respond to dots placed on their faces, researchers report in the January Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. The result could indicate that lab responses to mirrors are a result of training and that self-awareness might exist on a spectrum.