A Mirror in the Australian Wild

Epic Aussie Encounters set up a mirror near one of their trail cameras. It looks pretty natural for a mirror. Each critter is identified in the lower left corner when it first appears. Some were frightened, some were curious, and some took the reflection as a challenge. Some of the encounters are at night, and I wondered how well they actually saw the reflection. The Brushtail possum certainly does- look at the size of his eyes! They all seemed to see pretty well, except for the echidna, which is known for bad eyesight and obliviousness. The mother duck tried to ignore the mirror, because it told her she suddenly has twice as many babies, but one duckling was fascinated. The grey strike thrush tried to impress its reflection, but who knows if it's a greeting, a warning, or a mating dance? One kangaroo was smart enough to look behind the mirror, and checked out the camera as well. You have to wonder what's going on in these animals' heads.