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Fish are often said to have a three-second memory, but the brain power of fish has been considerably underestimated, according to scientists who found some fish can recognise themselves in the mirror. Their findings suggest that a small, otherwise unremarkable species called the cleaner wrasse has joined an elite handful of others to have passed the so-called mirror test, which has been used for decades as a gold standard measure of animal intelligence. Passing the test is widely viewed as an indication of self-awareness and until now the only animals to have crossed this threshold are great apes, bottlenose dolphins, killer whales, Eurasian magpies and a single Asian elephant.
considerably: adv. 相當地;非常地
considerable: adj. 可觀的;重要的;值得考慮的
awful: adj. 糟糕的;可怕的
awfully: adv. 相當地;非常地
underestimate: vt. 過低的估計
overestimate: vt. 過高的估計
otherwise: adv. 否則;本來
species: n. 物種
gold standard: 金標準;黃金準則
threshold: n. 門檻
magpie: n. 喜鵲
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