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.
Always best to go to a scientific source with this sort of thing, because mainstream media outlets often get science details wrong. I’m still reading the Nature article, but that is where I would get the story from.
Always best to go to a scientific source with this sort of thing, because mainstream media outlets often get science details wrong. I’m still reading the Nature article, but that is where I would get the story from.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01289-w
Very true. I updated the link in the post.