This orangutan used a medicinal plant on his face wound
It’s the first observation of an animal treating a wound with a plant used in human medicine
![orangutan with gash under one eye](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/050224_di_orangutan-wound_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Rakus, a Sumatran orangutan, chewed up a liana plant known for its medicinal properties and applied it to a nasty open wound on his face. This image was taken two days before he applied the paste.
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