Orangutan is first wild animal seen using medicinal plant

May 7, 2024 by lisa nichols

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 has … Read more

First wild animal seen using medicinal plant

May 2, 2024 by lisa nichols

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 shows … Read more