Incredible pics show how orangutan healed nasty facial wound with medicinal plant in world first
AN orangutan was spotted rubbing the juice of a pain-relieving plant into a wound — the first wild animal seen actively treating an injury.
Scientists say the jungle doc’s expertise hints at how early humans discovered medicine.
Rakus the orangutan is the first wild animal recorded actively treating an injuryAPPrevious studies saw apes eating medicinal plants or wiping bleeding wounds with leaves or insects, but never treating a cut directly.
Experts watched Rakus...
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