What Happens When You Show Kea A Mirror?

This week we have something I have been wanting to try out for a very long time. I bought in a mirror and put it in front of the kea just to see what their first reaction would be. This could be extended into a proper mirror mark test to see if they are able to recognize themselves at all, but that is beyond what we currently have time or approval to do, so may have to wait for someone else to try in the future!

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