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Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to treat illness and injuries - EurekAlert


Chimpanzees appear to consume plants with medicinal properties to treat their ailments, according to a study publishing on June 20 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Elodie Freymann from the University of Oxford, UK, and colleagues.

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