#ANONGBALITA Orangutan seen treating wound in world first

Scientists have observed an orangutan applying medicinal herbs to a face wound in an apparently successful attempt to heal an injury, the first time such behavior has been recorded.

Scientists were tracking a male orangutan nicknamed Rakus at the Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia’s Aceh province when they noticed an open wound on his face. The next day, Rakus was seen eating the vine’s leaves again, and a week later his wound had closed up, subsequently healing without any sign of infection.

They speculate the orangutan could have stumbled across the treatment, perhaps by first chewing the plant and then finding the juice offered pain relief when accidently touching it to a wound.

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