Medicine articles
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Orangutan treats facial wound with medicinal plant in documented first
Rakus, an adult male orangutan, was seen chewing the stems and leaves of a medicinal plant into a poultice before applying it to his facial wound.
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Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia. What Rakus did three days later really caught the attention of scientists
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Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal plant in world first
An orangutan in Indonesia has been observed appearing to treat a wound with a medicinal tropical plant – the latest example of how some...