It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.

The orangutan's intriguing behavior was recorded in 2022 by Ulil Azhari, a co-author and field researcher at the Suaq Project in Medan, Indonesia. Photographs show the animal's wound closed within ...

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A wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time an animal has been observed applying medicine to a skin injury.

Rakus, a Sumatran orangutan, chewed up a liana plant known for its medicinal properties and applied it to a nasty open wound on his face. This image was taken two days before he applied the paste.

In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a ...

The Erie Zoo's North American river otter couple go for a swim while Bornean orangutan Dasa and her son, Otis, hang out in their exhibit. The zoo is also home to several sacred ibises and an ...

Life Orangutan is first non-human seen treating wounds with medicinal plant A male Sumatran orangutan chewed the leaves of a plant used in Indonesian traditional medicine and placed them on a ...

Social connections seemed to influence their curiosity: When an orangutan was accompanied by another ape, it was more likely to approach and touch the object.