according to a new paper in the journal Scientific Reports. This marks the first time that wound-treating behavior has been seen in orangutans and the first time that any animal has been observed ...
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 ...
but ants have been observed eating normally unwanted foods that ward off fungal infections. The new findings about orangutan behavior demonstrate how little we know about ape intelligence.
But a wild orangutan recently displayed ... during or after puberty to establish new homes. So it’s also possible Rakus may have learned this behavior from his relatives, but given observers ...
The study of our primate cousins has revealed many of them have remarkably advanced behaviors, but a new observation ... for Animal Behavior, has a long-term project that observes orangutans ...
It could have been a case of individual innovation, when an animal invents a new behavior ... learned behavior. Orangutans are known to be capable of social learning. They're often observed ...
The discovery will “provide new insights into the origins of human wound care.” To me, the behavior of the orangutan sounded ...
On Sunday June 2 at 11am the name of Prague Zoo’s new baby male Sumatran orangutan which had been ... Director of the Prague Zoo, Miroslav Bobek observed “This year is the year of an absolutely ...
The discovery will “provide new insights into the origins of human wound care.” To me, the behavior of the orangutan sounded ... and past cultures who observed animals employing plants and ...
“Orangutan males disperse from their natal area during or after puberty over long distances to either establish a new home range in another area or are moving between other’s home ranges,” said ...