Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented.
Don’t we already have lots of evidence of animals using medicine? Sorry, I’m confused as to how this is a first? Is it just that it was a wound specifically?
https://www.the-scientist.com/study-suggests-dolphins-use-coral-mucus-as-medicine-70036
Don’t we already have lots of evidence of animals using medicine? Sorry, I’m confused as to how this is a first? Is it just that it was a wound specifically?
It’s the first evidence of an animal treating a wound with a medicinal plant. They need to make that clearer.