according to a new paper in the journal Scientific Reports. This marks the first time that wound-treating behavior has been seen in orangutans and the first time that any animal has been observed ...
enabling them to deceive one another to sound like a larger ape. Scientists argue that these behaviors make them one of the most self-aware wild animals that have ever been observed. Orangutans ...
For the first time, scientists observed a wild animal treating its own wound with a medicinal plant. A Sumatran orangutan, chewed up liana leaves and applied them to his wound. It healed in five days.
The groundbreaking discovery, made in the Suaq Balimbing research area of Gunung Leuser National Park in June 2022, provides new insights into the cognitive abilities and evolutionary origins of ...
For the first time ever, scientists have observed an orangutan intentionally try to manage its wound with a medicinal plant, in Indonesia. Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia - An orangutan in ...
A goat with an arrow wound nibbles the medicinal herb dittany. O. Dapper, CC BY When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently ...
"This possibly innovative behavior presents ... by a wild animal and provides new insights into the origins of human wound care," the researchers write. Orangutans are widely beloved as among ...
For the first time, scientists observed a wild animal treating its own wound with a medicinal plant. A Sumatran orangutan, chewed up liana leaves and applied them to his wound. It healed in five days.
“Orangutan males disperse from their natal area during or after puberty over long distances to either establish a new home range in another area or are moving between other’s home ranges,” said ...
Researchers in Sumatra observed an orangutan treat his own facial wound by improvising a topical paste.
The discovery will “provide new insights into the origins of human wound care.” To me, the behavior of the orangutan sounded ... and past cultures who observed animals employing plants and ...