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A Wild Orangutan Used a Medicinal Plant to Treat a Wound

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild.

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Orangutan, heal thyself : First wild animal seen using medicinal plant

The Sumatran orangutan used a plant known to humans for its medicinal qualities. The Sumatran orangutan used a plant known to humans for its medicinal qualities.

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In a first, orangutan treats wound with medicinal herb

Rakus chews Akar Kuning’s leaves and applies chewed-up material to the injury

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Wild orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat wound, scientists say

Previous research has documented several species of great apes foraging for medicines in forests to heal themselves, but scientists hadn’t yet seen an animal treat itself in this way

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Wild orangutan observed treating wound with medicinal plant for first time

Wild orangutan observed treating wound with medicinal plant for first time
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