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    It is not the case that Gordon Gallup's criterion for self-recognition requires an animal to use information about its own body to modify self-directed behavior, which olfactory sniff-duration data does not demonstrate.

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    • 1.Gallup's criterion should not privilege visual modalities; olfactory self-recognition may be equally valid evidence of body-awareness in olfactory-dominant species.
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    • 2.Differential sniff-duration responses to self vs. non-self odors demonstrate discrimination of body-specific information, satisfying the informational requirement.
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    • 3.Requiring visible self-modification unfairly excludes animals whose primary sensory and behavioral systems operate outside human visual frameworks.
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    • 1.Gallup's mirror test requires visible self-modification feedback; olfactory cues lack the immediate visual loop necessary for body-awareness demonstration.
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    • 2.Sniff duration changes could reflect habituation to familiar odors rather than recognition that the odor originates from one's own body.
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    • 3.Self-directed behavior modification demands intentional adjustment based on self-knowledge, which passive olfactory discrimination does not clearly establish.
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