Scientists photographed an orangutan treating a large wound on its cheek with a medicinal plant in world-first images.
Earlier this month, a research team reported that they observed a Sumatran orangutan who self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal an injury on his cheek in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia.Rakus’ wound healed within a month after he applied a medicinal plant to it.
The team then saw Rakus chewing the stem and leaves of a plant called “Akar Kuning” — an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial plant that is also used locally to treat dysentery, malaria, and diabetes.
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