Orangutan filmed treating wound with pain-relieving plant in extraordinary footage

The Independent

The Independent

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Capuchin monkeys have been studied using rocks to open up cashew nuts
Daily Mail
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In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia.
Hindustan Times
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An orangutan in Indonesia has been observed appearing to treat a wound with a medicinal tropical plant – the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild.
Aljazeera
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Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation.
NBC News

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