studies raze studies have been conducted. you show the animal a mirror_image in a controlled environment and gauge their reaction. some embrace what they see. they try to groom and interact with it in a loving way. some become aggressive. others turn away, indifferent. how they respond to seeing something unfamiliar but superficially similar to themselves serves as a preview of how they're going to walk through this world. i wonder what i would do if i was confronted with an animal that looked like me. would i wrap my arms around his tired frame and build a balm of words for him to have? would i try to tear him apart with my untrimmed talons? or would i avert my eyes and leave him to fend for himself? and what would that say about the marbled muscle that makes this body move? 251104 what's it to you? who go blather from