Orangutan becomes first wild animal seen using medicinal plants to heal a wound
An orangutan was observed using medicinal plants to heal an injury. Image source: Wilfredor, via Wikimedia Commons A Sumatran orangutan has become the first wild animal observed to use a medicinal plant to topically heal a wound. The behaviour was observed by report co-author and field researcher Ulil Azhari in the Suaq Balimbing research area…