Scientists have spotted an orangutan using medicinal plants to tend to its own wounds. A male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was observed by German and Indonesian scientists chewing up the leaves ...
A male orangutan was spotted chewing up antibacterial and pain-relieving plants and applying the paste to a wound on his cheek. Scientists have spotted an orangutan using medicinal plants to tend to ...
The study of our primate cousins has revealed many of them have remarkably advanced behaviors, but a new observation in Sumatra caught seasoned scientists by surprise. An orangutan known as Rakus ...
When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did ...
A male orangutan has scientists going bananas -- 'cause the primate treated his face wound with a medicinal plant ... which seems to have been intentional, a first for scientists. A male orangutan has ...
Researchers observed a wild orangutan in Sumatra treating a facial wound with a plant known for its healing properties, marking the first documented case of such behavior in a wild animal.
(MENAFN- The Conversation) When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the ...
Orangutans Use Healing Plants | Scientists observe a wild orangutan using plant leaves to heal a wound. People have been using medicinal plants for healing since ancient times. The knowledge of which ...
Researchers in Sumatra observed an orangutan treat his own facial wound by improvising a topical paste.
Anthropomorphism, long considered a cardinal sin among researchers, is making a slow comeback. At the start of Elizabeth ...