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 ...
Observers have documented multiple animal species using plants for self-medicinal purposes, such as great apes eating plants ...
Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal ...
Animal psychologists have released incredible video from 214 cases of Capuchin monkeys using stone and stick tools to forage ...
An orangutan named Rakus has a pretty solid grasp of first-aid. He's the first orangutan ever observed to intentionally ...
Dr Isabelle Laumer and her colleagues saw the astonishing behaviour while observing orangutans in the protected Suaq ...
As our closest non-human relatives, primates remain some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. And they continue to surprise science with their knowledge. A new research paper published in ...
Self-medicating in animals has been reported before, but scientists noted something particularly special when they observed a ...
Sumatran ape applied sap and leaves to open cut after suspected fight with another male, say scientists ...
Researchers say an orangutan in Indonesia appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a plant. It's the latest example of an ...
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