Question

Question 5: Find out through internet and popular science articles whether animals other than man have self-consciousness.

Class 12 - Biology - Evolution Page 142

Answer 1

Elephant, monkeys, dolphins share this character

Answer 2

There are many animals other than humans, which have self consciousness. An example of an animal being self conscious is dolphins. They are highly intelligent. They have a sense of self and they also recognize others among themselves and others. They communicate with each other by whistles, tail-slapping, and other body movements. Not only dolphins, there are certain other animals such as crow, parrot, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, etc., which exhibit self-consciousness.

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