Researchers have long documented human-like behaviors in animals. For instance, dolphins are known to play games with each ...
A goat with an arrow wound nibbles the medicinal herb dittany. O. Dapper, CC BY When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently ...
When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did ...
Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal ...
Analysis - 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 scientists observing him.
The term zoopharmacognosy – “animal medicine knowledge” – was invented in 1987.
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