{"id":250241,"date":"2024-05-03T21:51:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T21:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/orangutan-observed-treating-a-wound-with-a-medicinal-plant-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:37:49","slug":"orangutan-observed-treating-a-wound-with-a-medicinal-plant-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/orangutan-observed-treating-a-wound-with-a-medicinal-plant-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangutan Observed Treating a Wound With a Medicinal Plant for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\t\t\tAdult flanged male orangutan Rakus with a facial wound two days before applying plant mesh to the wound. Armas \/ Suaq Project <\/p>\n
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Biologists have observed a Sumatran male orangutan using the sap and chewed leaves of a medicinal plant to treat an open wound on his face.<\/p>\n
While there has been previous evidence of self-medication behaviors in animals, it is the first known incident of an animal in the wild treating a wound with a \u201cbiologically active substance,\u201d a press release from the…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n