It's the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild.
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, scientists reported Thursday.
"This is the first time that we have observed a wild animal applying a quite potent medicinal plant directly to a wound," said co-author Isabelle Laumer, a biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany. "It's a single observation," said Emory University biologist Jacobus de Roode, who was not involved in the study."But often we learn about new behaviors by starting with a single observation."
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