ORANGUTAN SELF-MEDICATES WITH PLANT FOR FIRST TIME ON RECORD In a first-ever observation, Rakus, an orangutan in Sumatra’s Gunung Leuser National Park, used the pain-relieving plant Fibraurea tinctoria to treat his wounds.

ORANGUTAN SELF-MEDICATES WITH PLANT FOR FIRST TIME ON RECORD

In a first-ever observation, Rakus, an orangutan in Sumatra's Gunung Leuser National Park, used the pain-relieving plant Fibraurea tinctoria to treat his wounds.

Documented in Scientific Reports, this behavior… pic.twitter.com/nRoLLkLBAm

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