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 ...
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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 ...
An orangutan named Rakus has a pretty solid grasp of first-aid. He's the first orangutan ever observed to intentionally ...
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 ...
Self-medicating in animals has been reported before, but scientists noted something particularly special when they observed a ...
As our closest non-human relatives, primates remain some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. And they continue ...
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 ...
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 ...