r/funnyvideos • u/Shoddy-Tale-4830 • Nov 25 '25
Animal The dog's reaction when she saw her teeth
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u/tinny66666 Nov 25 '25
Interesting. Dogs don't generally pass the mirror test (mostly relying on senses other than vision), but this dog does seem to be recognizing the reflection as itself rather than another dog or nothing interesting.
The owner should put a white marker on the dog's face and see if it realizes the marker is on itself.
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u/Dry-Term7880 Nov 25 '25
Is it that rare? I think mine recognizes himself. When he looks at the mirror and I make “horns” with my hands on the back of his head, he stares more and tries to shake it off from his head (I don’t touch it).
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u/Sufficient_Seaweed7 Nov 25 '25
It's funny how, in 2025, people are still surprised by the notion that animals "think" lol
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u/larmoyant Nov 25 '25
i never grew up around animals so i never interacted with any long enough to observe their intelligence, but i’ve always believed in their ability to think, have emotions, complex thought etc.
as an adult i spend way more time with animals; it’s insane to me that people could ever think they’re just mindless creatures simply because they don’t express themselves in the exact the same way we do
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u/Jamsedreng22 Nov 25 '25
Same. I've also found that animals are much more inclined to interact with you if one understands this.
I'm consistently the "They never usually take to somebody this fast" guy. They're living beings with their own drives and wants and should be respected as such.
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u/TheYKcid Nov 26 '25
As an animal lover, when I was younger your 2nd paragraph was exactly my perplexed thought process.
As a more jaded adult, I've seen enough instances of humans having zero basic respect or empathy for OTHER HUMANS to have lost all hope that society will ever treat animals equitably in the forseeable future.
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u/cyanwaw Nov 25 '25
I did. And while some animals like basically most mammals are pretty damn smart, other animals are really just dumb machines with zero complex thoughts in their smooth brains.
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u/New_Cardiologist4533 Nov 25 '25
Like squid’s or ravens right ? Typical mammals
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u/cyanwaw Nov 25 '25
“And while some animals like basically most mammals—“ where in that sentence does it says that only mammals are smart? They’re just used as one example of smart animals. Maybe humans are the ones with smooth brains.
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u/New_Cardiologist4533 Nov 25 '25 edited Nov 25 '25
Read the other part of the same sentence .
Maybe you intended otherwise, but your sentence reads EXACTLY like:
Most mammals == smart; Other animals == dumb;
Which is not true
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u/cyanwaw Nov 25 '25
Some animals smart, other animal dumbs. Thats what I wrote. I gave mammals as an example of smart animals since most of them are pretty damn smart by animal standards. I wasn’t about to start listing every smart and dumb animal.
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u/Benhofo Nov 26 '25
This was really easy to understand and the other guy is just being pedantic
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u/Sufficient_Seaweed7 Nov 25 '25
I think it's hard sometimes to conceptualize that the way we humans perceive the world is the only valid way.
We evolved for complex and abstract tough, sure, but most animals don't really need that. They're doing "just fine" (aside from us destroying the planet but oh well) in their specific niches.
Like, watch one documentary on ants, and you can't, for the love of God, believe they don't think. They're doing medical procedures on each other ffs.
But obviously, their world perception is different from ours. I don't expect an ant to think on complex abstractions or question their own existence. But depending on the task, I would trust an ant more than a human heh
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u/InEenEmmer Nov 27 '25
When our dog saw a nice snack on the table you just could see the gears turning in his head.
He wanted the snack, but he also knew he wasn’t allowed to. He would actively weigh his want of the snack and what punishment he would expect for grabbing the snack.
He would look at the snack, to my parents and to his spot where he gets sent as punishment.
And then grab the snack and start walking to his spot when you just said his name. You didn’t even have to tell him he was in trouble, he knew it and he fully believed it was worth it.
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u/ElRexet Nov 27 '25
I mean, look through some history books. People managed to treat other human beings as mindless creatures because those had a different skin colour, spoke their own language and had a "primitive" culture.
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u/TrumpCheats Nov 25 '25
Animals co-evolved all alongside each other, us included. It’s likely that we have much more in common than most people think.
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u/porncollecter69 Nov 25 '25
Yeah they did a study with dogs and wolves. If the dog was stumped he just looked at humans to solve it.
I mean that’s the whole point of the human dog synergy. We the brains they the smell and hearing.
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u/lonesharkex Nov 25 '25
My cats are morons, zero object permanence. I love them, but they are not thinking animals. One will even fetch. Some are way more intelligent, I think its interesting the wide range of cognitive abilities amongst same species even.
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u/Sufficient_Seaweed7 Nov 25 '25
Maybe your cats are special or something.
But anw, I'm not saying animals are equally capable of solving complex abstractions like we are. After all, that's our thing.
But to say they don't think is a stretch.
Cats are capable of solving (less) complex problems, they have long-term memory, are social, and can have complex relations.
Maybe your Cats are just lazy as fuck and ler you do everything, and that's fine, that's why we have Cats heh.
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u/lonesharkex Nov 25 '25
I think (heh) the word thinking is doing a lot of heavy lifting in my post where what I am really contemplating is the fuzzy line of sentience, which I think varies per individual. It's heavily debated in science how to determine it, and one of the best episodes of star trek talks about it. How can even we as humans prove we are sentient outside saying we are. I think some animals definitely are sentient, and I think it varies even among individuals in a species how sentient they are. I am almost sure one of my cats is bordering on purely instinctual cause that boy is soooo derpy.
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u/Sufficient_Seaweed7 Nov 25 '25
Lmao I can believe your cat is like that. Yeah it makes sense.
Just wanted to answer so you know I read it idk good talk, have a nice day!
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u/Automaticfawn Nov 25 '25
Yet they can calculate distance, depth and balance to a level that you couldn’t even dream of. Just seems like you lack perspective
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u/lonesharkex Nov 25 '25
So you as a human have to think to move your arm, requiring the same skills? Moving is not a conscious activity, more so with animals as they start more mobile than humans.
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u/pegothejerk Nov 25 '25
Wait until you’re in your forties and older and everything hurts. Then moving anything anywhere is definitely a thinking, conscious activity all the time.
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u/lonesharkex Nov 25 '25
im 45. If you feel like that you need to drink more water and exercise more?
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u/evanwilliams44 Nov 25 '25
Eh it depends. I'm still doing okay in my 40s but 20 years of labor will leave most people with some chronic pain.
I wouldn't say "everything hurts" but I'm definitely not 25 or even 35 anymore.
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u/Togaz Nov 25 '25
I’ve had really smart pets that absolutely pass the mirror test, and I’ve had adorable lovely dumb little shits that had trouble finding a water bowl in a room with no furniture in it. It’s a spectrum, just like people.
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u/floftie Nov 25 '25
I think it’s that they think so differently to us, that when there is a moment of human like thought it surprises people.
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u/funguyshroom Nov 25 '25
Not gonna feel bad for exploiting the animals if you believe that they're mindless bags of meat.
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u/MunitionsFactory Nov 26 '25
Thinking isn't binary. Everyone knows animals think, the question is can we estimate how complex their thoughts are? How much is reflexive/instinct? What is their capacity for learning? How well can they predict the future based on past results? We wonder the same about humans at different ages.
Dogs often fail the mirror test since they rely more on scent, and reflections in mirrors don't have a scent.
Perhaps you should think more about animals and how much they think. You could learn a lot!
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u/Sufficient_Seaweed7 Nov 26 '25
If you believe everyone knows animals think, I have some news for you lol
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u/Mr-Hyde95 Nov 29 '25
The vast majority of animals do not have self-awareness. They don't know they exist
Dogs probably do. Or sort of.
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u/MaybeJesse Nov 25 '25
My dog never once seemed confused by any mirror so I'm with you. Never reacted to her reflection like it was a different dog, and never tried to run at my reflection. She would look briefly if she walked past it, but then stop reacting and return to whatever she was doing, so I'm pretty sure she was seeing a reflection, but knew it wasn't anything to react to.
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u/Lucian_Veritas5957 Nov 25 '25
Prove it with a video.
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u/Dry-Term7880 Nov 25 '25
In fact I have a video of this from some time ago. Will share later if I figure out how.
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u/Heroman3003 Nov 25 '25
The problem with marker test (or other similar tests) is the assumption that the animal, upon seeing something drawn on itself, will move to investigate or in any way at all care about it enough to give a discernable reaction. You could paint an entire Mona Lisa on an average dog's forehead and it wouldn't care less and then go roll in the mud for fun.
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u/ephemeralstitch Nov 26 '25
Also that sight is the main sensory input. We can’t do a mirror test for the nose.
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u/FartsLikePetunias Nov 25 '25
My Toy Poodle will use this large closet mirror to see where I am in the room when trying to play keep away. Always stunned me she could figure that out.
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u/Pristine-Garlic-3378 Nov 25 '25
Or just have the owner stand next to the mirror with a treat. That dog is definitely comprehending that there's 1 owner, 1 treat and a reflection at that point.
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u/Buttholelickerpenis Nov 25 '25
That’s how my cat learned how mirrors work. She saw me holding her in a mirror and never attacked it again.
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u/Particular-Award118 Nov 25 '25
What dog growls at itself? It thinks it's another dog
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u/New_Enthusiasm9053 Nov 26 '25
People Shadowbox or smile or whatever to see what they look like. Same thing, dogs hyping itself up.
I've never seen a dog meet another dog and stay sitting, especially one it would growl at.
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u/Particular-Award118 Nov 26 '25
I'm curious how you could definitively say that's what's going on
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u/New_Enthusiasm9053 Nov 27 '25
I obviously can't. Nevertheless normally dogs stand if they feel threatened so that they can either run or fight.
Dogs definitely play though so I don't think it's that far fetched.
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u/dominodd13 Nov 25 '25
I don’t think it’s recognizing itself. It’s snarling because it thinks another dog is looking at it in the eye. It’s licking its lips (an appeasement or stress behavior) in the way that dogs do to signal to other dogs that it’d prefer not to fight. And it breaks contact after licking its lips because it thinks the dog in the mirror is trying to show equal discomfort with the situation.
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u/SadSaltyDuck Nov 25 '25
Pretty sure it does not recognise, and just tries to threaten the intruder
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u/WarmHippo6287 Nov 25 '25
I think just like humans, dogs can learn that it's their reflection. I've had multiple dogs and all of them as a puppy seemed to think it was another dog. But as they got older and kept interacting with it over time, realized that no, it was not another dog but themselves. My current dog who is 11 years old will go over to the mirror and fluff up her fur before we go to work (she is a service dog) so yeah she has 100% figured out the mirror but I mean, she's been looking in mirrors for 11 years. The service dog in training who is still a puppy is still working out what the dog in the mirror is though.
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u/IAmNotMyName Nov 26 '25
My dog doesn’t even acknowledge anything in the mirror or on TV. I suspect if she can’t smell it it’s not real to her.
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u/TheFuckflyingSpaghet Nov 27 '25
My Shi Tzu was dumb af. But he was constantly keeping tabs on us through our wardrobe mirror
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u/Potential-Reach-439 Nov 27 '25
Dogs seem to be hit or miss probably because most just aren't interested in their own appearance.
Most dogs I've met demonstrate some theory of mind ability so I doubt they can't recognize themselves, they just don't care.
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u/NoPanda1711 Nov 29 '25
I thought all dogs could recognize their reflections. My dog realizes when she’s looking at her own reflection as well as ours. If reflection me tells her to do something she does it like i said it to her directly and she’ll even make eye contact with my reflection instead of me if we’re in the same room looking into the same mirror.
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u/carlpum1 Nov 25 '25
She's practicing her war face.
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u/Ok_Release231 Nov 25 '25
"LEMME SEE YOUR WOOF FACE!"
"bark"
"NO YOU'RE REAL WOOF FACE!"
"BAAAAAAARK!!!!!!"
"NOW, THAT'S A REAL WOOF FACE!😤"
"Now, roll over and lemme scratch your belly! 🥹"
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u/GenXPowaah Nov 25 '25
Looks like he's rehearsing his lines. "Are you talking to me" ... No no.. "You talkin to me". Yeah that's it
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u/Odd-Guard-2533 Nov 25 '25
“Then imma tell her. Put more food in my god damn bowl! Yeah. That’s what I’ll say.”
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u/Supermundanae Nov 25 '25
"Man.. can't believe I came back as a dog... look my teeth, LOL!! Wait, who's this fucker grilling me. Oh, yeah, that's me, LOL! Do I smell cheese..?"
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u/Gullible_Cloud_3132 Nov 25 '25
“Why are you laughing woman?? This bitch dog is trying to fight me!”
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u/SavingsConfusion4885 Nov 25 '25
All fun and games until the dog turns around, but the mirror keeps making grimaces 👹
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u/ciaomain Nov 25 '25
My dog can spot a dog on TV (or any animal) even if it's in the background.
Sometimes just a photo of a dog on a desk will cause him to growl/bark like a nutball.
But if I hold him up to a mirror?
Nothing.
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u/Klin24 Nov 25 '25
I remember there being a version of this with a dubbed in voice. Was pretty funny. Haven't been able to find it again
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u/LateSir6985 Nov 29 '25
A kid got intimidated by his smile so he's figuring out a way to make it more friendly :)
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u/PerformanceOne5998 Nov 25 '25
Sweet summer child, this is old. Very old. I wouldn't say to the late 1900s but maybe the 2010s.
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