Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest monkey of all?

If you can’t recognise who owns that handsome face staring back at you, then perhaps you’re a bit of a monkey – but monkeys can be trained!

By about age two, people can recognise their own reflections in a mirror. Great apes including chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos and gorillas have also exhibited this key indicator of intelligence. But monkeys? Not so much.