Hold my ointment: Wild orangutan observed healing wound with medicinal plant

Mongabay
May 14, 2024, 9:13 am97 pts
JAKARTA — Self-medicating in animals has been reported before, but scientists noted something particularly special when they observed a wild orangutan in Sumatra treating a wound on its face with a plant known to have healing properties. It was June 22, 2022, when the research team in the Suaq Balimbing area…

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