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A maleorangutanwas observed in Indonesia repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of amedicinal planton a facialwound.
The case represents thefirst known observationof awild animalapplying amedicinal plantdirectly to a wound, scientists say.
Once I heard about it, I got extremely excited, Laumer said.
According to Schuppli, its likely that Rakus learned this self-medication technique from other orangutans living outside the park.
Whats more, these techniques have been reported in other animal classes.
The animal kingdom is amazing, an X user wrote
