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Yes, certain snakes, specifically spitting cobras have been shown to recognize human faces (Westhoff et al, 2005-The spitting behavior of two species of spitting cobras, J Comp Physiol A (2005) 191: 873-881,DOI 10.1007/s00359-005-0010-8). Conversely, Isbell (Snakes as agents of evolutionary change in primate brains, Journal of Human Evolution 51 (2006) has made a strong case that snakes may have contrinbuted to the evolution of the visual system in primates. . Kendrick KM et al. (2001--NATURE, VOL 414, 8 NOVEMBER 2001) have shown that sheep can remember human faces and, while this is somewhat easier to understand given the long history of the domestication of sheep by humans, a more intriguing report by Dyer, et al. (Honeybee (Apis mellifera) vision can discriminate between and recognize images of human faces. J. Exp. Biol. 208,4709 -4714, 2005) suggests that bees can recognize and discriminate between human faces. Whether such face recognition systems are similar to that demonstrated in primates (Tsao & Livingstone, Mechanism of Face Perception, Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 2008. 31:411-37). is not presently known. Ijaz S. Jamall, Ph.D., DABT, ijamall@riskbaseddecisions.com

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