Scientists Shocked After Orangutan Heals Injury with Medicinal Plant — a First-Documented Incident for Wild Animals
A male orangutan with a facial wound surprised scientists in Indonesia after he chewed leaves from a plant and used the ...
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Orangutan Spotted Treating His Wound With a Medicinal Herb
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In a First, an Orangutan Healed His Own Wound Using a Known Medicinal Plant
The primate named Rakus chewed up yellow root and applied it to an open facial wound, closing the sore within days ...
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Injured orangutan observed treating his own wound with medicinal plant, scientists say
The animal, named Rakus, had recently gone through a secondary growth spurt, as many adult orangutans do. According to a report published May 2, his new mature body was getting him in some trouble ...
Orangutan observed treating wound using medicinal plant in world first
Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal ...
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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 ...
Orangutan heals face wound using medicinal plant in Indonesia in documented first
A Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was seen using a medicinal plan to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site.
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Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists say
It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told ...