Orangutan is first wild animal seen using medicinal plant

May 7, 2024 by lisa nichols

[ad_1] Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Rakus, two months after he was observed applying a poultice to an open wound on his cheek. The wound is healed and the scar is barely visible.Credit: Safruddin For the first time, a wild animal … Read more

First wild animal seen using medicinal plant

May 2, 2024 by lisa nichols

[ad_1] An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a medicinal plant. It’s the first scientific record of a wild animal healing a wound using a plant with known medicinal properties. The findings were published this week in Scientific Reports1. “It … Read more