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 ...
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 ...
which left him with a particularly bad face wound in the form of a bad gash near his right eye.Officials followed Rakus around for the next few days and observed some bizarre behavior for an ape ...
(CNN) — Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented.
In a new paper, researchers describe how ... Botanical Therapy A male Sumatran orangutan known as Rakus was observed by the researchers with a fresh wound on his cheek in June 2022.
Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation. The adult male orangutan ... this behavior. "It's a ...
She said that since the behavior has not been observed before, it may be that wound treatment ... and his origin is unknown. Dr. Schuppli said: “Orangutan males disperse from their natal area during ...
The discovery will “provide new insights into the origins of human wound care.” To me, the behavior of the orangutan sounded ...
The findings represent the first report of wound treatment by a wild animal using a plant with known medicinal properties.