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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am told this is the earliest known rap recording. Dang these guys are good:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://youtu.be/3YTDLHdfFSQ">https://youtu.be/3YTDLHdfFSQ</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Likely you have seen this one by now, as it has been making the rounds:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1545815629596397580">https://twitter.com/i/status/1545815629596397580</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This video gives me half a mind to set up a mirror somewhere where I might repeat the experiment for a reason: I don’t know if bears will become self-aware. Some dogs recognize themselves in a mirror and others do not. Most cats don’t react at all to a mirror, but it isn’t clear if that means they don’t recognize the image as a cat or if they know they are looking at themselves and don’t care. A house dog will eventually figure it out, as chimps will and human babies do. My son was aged 5 months when he realized he was looking at himself and dad in the mirror:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=471 height=384 style='width:4.9062in;height:4.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D8D4B0.01E69190"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OK so what about bears? This one in the video wrecked the mirror, but suppose we set it up again (after he leaves (well after.)) Will he try to fight it again? Or did he learn anything by making a fool of himself? Does he get the notion of making a fool of himself? Some dogs seem to get it when they have been fooled, and the humans are laughing at him. They show something like embarrassment (some do.) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>