• Wild Orangutan Observed Using First Aid on a Wound in a Scientific First

    Wild Orangutan Observed Using First Aid on a Wound in a Scientific First

    Humans aren’t the only primates with a medicine cabinet, it seems. In a new paper published today, scientists document a male orangutan named Rakus using a plant with known medicinal properties to help heal his facial wound. While there have been other recent accounts of animals using medicine in the wild, this appears to be…