Orangutan seen treating wound with traditional medicine in first for wild animals
by Vishwam Sankaran
May 03, 2024
2 minutes
An orangutan has been seen treating a wound using a plant with known pain-relieving properties, marking the first known instance of a wild animal deliberately tending to its injuries with medicine.
Researchers in Indonesia documented with a facial wound repeatedly applying sap from a plant with anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties that’s long been used in
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