A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
Release time：2024-05-19 17:04:18 Source：Global Gesture news portal
WASHINGTON (AP) — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday.
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 then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage, according to a new study in Scientific Reports.
Previous research has documented several species of great apes foraging for medicines in forests to heal themselves, but scientists hadn’t yet seen an animal treat itself in this way.
“This is the first time that we have observed a wild animal applying a quite potent medicinal plant directly to a wound,” said co-author Isabelle Laumer, a biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany.
- Previous：706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record.
- Next：A man investigated in the deaths of women in northwest Oregon has been indicted in 3 killings
Related articles
- Hong Kong to hold historical French fashion exhibition
- London's faltering 'night
- China reports current account surplus in Q1
- Pictured: Grandmother, 66, stabbed to death near bus stop
- Iran's leader condemns U.S. police's violence against pro
- Controversy follows Gov. Noem after more South Dakota tribes banish her
- Eden Golan defies the protesters: Israel's hotly
- First Guizhou
- Heartbreak as Tyson Fury is defeated by Oleksandr Usyk in the fight of the century
- New York City police shoot and kill a man they say would not drop a gun
- NASCAR hopes repaved track, softer tires make for more competitive All
- Connecticut Democrats unanimously nominate U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy for a third term
- Ohio police officer killed in 'ambush,' suspect sought
- James Cleverly will announce new crackdown on Line Of Duty
- AI, digital technologies inject new impetus to cultural tourism boom
- 'Father of the 401(K)' reveals the biggest downside of his creation
- BBC's gaffe
- Former Florida Gov. and US Sen. Bob Graham remembered for his civility at memorial service
- The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’
- Flash floods and cold lava flow hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 15 people
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say ,Global Gesture news portal sitemap