Basically this point gets brought accross the fact you’d paint the mark red (the color of the parasites) and they’d scratch their throat everytime. While, other colors where outright ignored. This brought accross how the mirror test is more flawed that thought out, so it mainly alined with animals that have the capacity to view as we do. The test has to look from the perspective of the animal, not ours.
Basically this point gets brought accross the fact you’d paint the mark red (the color of the parasites) and they’d scratch their throat everytime. While, other colors where outright ignored. This brought accross how the mirror test is more flawed that thought out, so it mainly alined with animals that have the capacity to view as we do. The test has to look from the perspective of the animal, not ours.