Orangutan seen using medicinal plants to heal a wound for first time ever
Deep within an Indonesian rainforest, a team of research scientists recorded something that had never been captured before: a ...
Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant
A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, say ...
A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
Researchers say an orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant. It's the latest example of how ...
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Wild orangutan engaged in never-before-seen wound-healing behavior
For the first time ever, a wild male orangutan in Sumatra has been spotted tending to a wound on his face in an ingenious way ...
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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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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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 ...
Mother Jones15h
Orangutan Spotted Treating His Wound With a Medicinal Herb
It is not the first time wild animals have been spotted self-medicating: Among other examples, Bornean orangutans have been ...
New Scientist on MSN1d
Orangutan is first non-human seen treating wounds with medicinal plant
A male Sumatran orangutan chewed the leaves of a plant used in Indonesian traditional medicine and placed them on a wound on ...
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Orangutan Seen Healing Own Wound with Plants, in World First
For the first time, an animal has been observed treating a wound with medicinal plants. Biologists in Indonesia noticed Rakus, a male Sumatran orangutan living in Gunung Leuser National Park, behaving ...
Self-care: Orangutan Seen Treating Wound With Medicinal Plants
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 ...
Orangutan treats facial wound with medicinal plant
A male Sumatran orangutan treated a facial wound with a climbing plant known to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving ...