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Orangutan Observed Treating Face Wound with Plant, First Documented Case

TMZ.com Thursday, 2 May 2024
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 to observe. The primate hails from Indonesia -- its name is Rakus,…
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Scientists have observed an orangutan applying medicinal herbs to a face wound in an apparently successful attempt to heal an injury, the first time such behaviour has been recorded. The apparent treatment seen by researchers in Indonesia in 2022, and reported in the journal Nature Scientific Reports...

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