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Orangutan Heals Own Wound With Medicinal Plant: First Ever Evidence of Self-Treatment


A wild orangutan was seen treating a wound with a plant known for its medicinal qualities, marking the first such observation in a wild animal. Although there are documented cases of animals self-medicating, until now, there had been no known instances of animals using medicinal plants to treat the

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