>>280561370there isn't a whole lot to recognize, really. they "see" with their nose, and use visual cues they get from what they can see of their body, plus the information they have from their reflection which they have seen and were aware of. cats all look very similar. it's like walking past your window at night, seeing the silhouette of your reflection in the dark and getting irked by it. there is nothing to recognize, so you momentarily recognize it as a potential threat. the cat can't just recognize itself by the color of its' eyes or its' fur color. there are three black cats that inhabit the street i live in, for example.
i'm not the guy who asked that question, im just trying to give insight to both him and you. i'm not trying to prove that cats' can't recognize their reflection because of a cognitive limitation but because of the circumstances.