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An orangutan was seen applying medicinal plant to its wound, marking the first record of such a phenomenon by any wild animal.

Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals theguardian.com/science/articl…

First evidence for medical wound treatment in a wild animal 🩹🌱🦧 An orangutan was observed applying a plant with medicinal properties to a wound. Paper 👉nature.com/articles/s4159… ab.mpg.de/583564/news_pu… Dr. Isabelle Laumer caroline and authors from Universitas Nasional Orangutans of Suaq

One of the coolest stories I've had the pleasure of covering for National Geographic. Grateful to Dr. Isabelle Laumer of MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social for this study, + @InaVandebroek, Duke University's Dr. Anne Pusey, and Kent State's Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti for their help and insights! nationalgeographic.com/premium/articl…

An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a medicinal plant go.nature.com/3UrXtjk

Orangutan plays doctor, heals himself | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Congratulations on this very cool finding of medical plant use in orangutan by the Orangutans of Suaq and Universitas Nasional team! #orangutans #health #medicinalplants

An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a medicinal plant go.nature.com/4dot7a8

Thank you Dr. Isabelle Laumer for this interview

Scientists have observed an orangutan treating a wound on its face with a medicinal plant, a world's first. Portia Gabor spoke to Dr Dr. Isabelle Laumer, a cognitive biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour on the research. #3NewsGH

Thank you Dr. Isabelle Laumer 🦾❤️

So happy to see another paper on self-medication behavior in our closest relatives published by Elodie Freymann and colleagues! Thanks Science Magazine for including me in the news article ❤️! There is still so much to discover…science.org/content/articl…

Naturebang Alert! We're off to medical school. With Orangutans. And learning about the origins of medicine in the natural world. With Becky Ripley, Dr. Isabelle Laumer, and Dr Sarah Edwatds Listen on yer actual radio in 5 mins on BBC Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We are hiring😃! Research assistant for collecting behavioral data on zoo-housed orangutans and chimpanzees. Retweets appreciated 🙂!

Are humans the only species that communicates when a collaborator is missing information? Luke A. Townrow and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Came back briefly to share this amazing opportunity at my lab!

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