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Siamese fighting fish showed a waning tendency to view both their own reflections and a similar fish during trials lasting 32 hr. Although both stimuli elicited aggressive displays, all Ss spent more time viewing their reflections than viewing the live stimulus fish.
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Baenninger, R. Waning of aggressive motivation in Betta splendens . Psychon Sci 4, 241–242 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342272
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