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Vol. 5 Num 863 Wed. November 01, 2006  
   
International


Elephants are self-aware!
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Image provided by National Academy of Sciences of 34-year-old female Asian elephant Happy at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Happy showed researchers that pachyderms can recognise themselves in a mirror--a highly complex behaviour previously known only in a few other species. PHOTO: AFP