A male orangutan was spotted chewing up antibacterial and pain-relieving plants and applying the paste to a wound on his cheek.
Scientists have spotted an orangutan using medicinal plants to tend to its own wounds.A male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was observed by German and Indonesian scientists chewing up the leaves of a plant with medicinal properties and placing the mush onto a wound on his cheek, according to a new paper in the journal Scientific Reports.
'According to the researchers, the fact that Rakus applied the plant paste to only his wound and no other parts of his body, and that it was a continued effort over around half an hour, implies that Rakus was likely treating his wound deliberately.'The behavior of Rakus appeared to be intentional as he selectively treated his facial wound on his right flange, and no other body parts, with the plant juice.
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