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. 2021 Apr 15;12:637850. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.637850

Table 2.

Quantitation of different behaviors performed by Indian house crows during mirror self-recognition.

Behavior Bird Mirror exposure CtrBrd YelHdBrd YelHdMirr YlThrMirr BlHdMirr
Time spent (sec) HC28 3637 899 962 1099 1340 1401
HC30 2820 818 1040 1848 1684 2509
HC32 3160 601 442 (3)** 1932 (3)** 1725 (3)** 1088 (2)**
HC33 4099 604 (3)* 556 (2)* 1384 (2)* 914 (3)* 737 (2)*
HC35 5166 (7)** 891 1518 2628 2902 3648
Calls HC28 12 0 1 4 3 2
HC30 20 7 62 61 67 70
HC32 71 3 0 (3)** 16 (3)** 33 (3)** 7 (2)**
HC33 218 5 (3)* 0 (2)* 18 (2)* 15 (3)* 2 (2)*
HC35 251 1 (7)** 8 24 44 40
Head turns HC28 381 88 76 148 108 169
HC30 280 87 76 200 195 294
HC32 626 107 82 311 210 256
HC33 372 66 (3)* 30 (3)** 75 (3)** 140 (3)** 73 (2)**
HC35 829 (7)** 92 223 (2)* 328 (2)* 285 (3)* 458 (2)*
Search responses HC28 123 101 95 63 121 98
HC30 175 87 77 107 137 121
HC32 249 74 72 (3)** 92 (3)** 107 (3)** 67 (2)**
HC33 367 55 (3)* 33 (2)* 84 (2)* 31 (3)* 44 (2)*
HC35 178 (7)** 65 50 101 63 85
Exploratory/aggressive behavior HC28 3 12 7 0 0 0
HC30 17 0 48 11 15 104
HC32 30 0 0 (3)** 12 (3)** 50 (3)** 64 (2)**
HC33 0 0 (3)* 25 (2)* 0 (2)* 0 (3)* 0 (2)*
HC35 252 (7)** 156 122 68 29 106
Scratching (Directed) HC28 0 0 1 0 0 1
HC30 1 1 0 0 2 0
HC32 0 0 0 (3)** 0 (3)** 1 (3)** 0 (2)**
HC33 2 0 (3)* 0 (2)* 0 (2)* 0 (3)* 0 (2)*
HC35 0 (7)** 0 0 0 0 0
Scratching (Undirected) HC28 1 0 0 0 0 0
HC30 2 1 0 0 2 0
HC32 2 0 0 (3)** 1 (3)** 0 (3)** 0 (2)**
HC33 0 0 (3)* 0 (2)* 0 (2)* 0 (3)* 0 (2)*
HC35 0 (7)** 0 0 0 0 0
*

For HC33, the experiment had to be stopped since it started pulling at the mirror or board, causing them to fall. The number within the parenthesis indicated the number of trials performed for each condition available for analysis.

**

Parentheses indicate the number of trials available for analysis in cases where video recordings stopped after 2–5 min.