Beyond the looking glass

The Mirror test has been seen as the go to test, to test an animal if they have self awareness and probably has done more harm than good in understanding animals. Unfortunately, humans have tried to understanding other animals from the way they perceive the world themselves. So as a species that is evolving primarily forsaking many of our other senses to rely more and more heavily on just sight. We struggle to understand being self aware, unless it is looking in a mirror preening ourselves. 
Finally some in science are going beyond the looking glass The sniff test of self-recognition confirmed: Dogs have self-awareness 

Bumble observes her reflection