Wild orangutan seen treating his wound with medicinal plant - a first in wild animals

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  • Опубликовано: 2 май 2024
  • Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation. The adult male orangutan then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage, according to a new study in Scientific Reports.
    Previous research has documented several species of great apes foraging for medicines in forests to heal themselves, but scientists hadn't yet seen an animal treat itself in this way.

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  • @MorningWoodFairy
    @MorningWoodFairy 14 дней назад +22

    The usual suspects: that plant should be illegal

  • @IRONFOX6-fy5se
    @IRONFOX6-fy5se 14 дней назад +9

    Smart dude.

  • @besame5504
    @besame5504 14 дней назад +20

    They have been watching the natives from above forever. Where do you think the saying, "Monkey see, monkey do" originated. Smart animals.

    • @TheDoonieDeputy
      @TheDoonieDeputy 14 дней назад +2

      Nah this one’s crazy 💀😭

    • @kenshn22828
      @kenshn22828 14 дней назад +1

      Orangutans aren't monkeys

    • @cesaralcaraz819
      @cesaralcaraz819 13 дней назад

      Humans and orangutans are both monkeys, so you’re right.

    • @besame5504
      @besame5504 13 дней назад

      @@kenshn22828 Close enough Apes see, apes do...better for ya? Apes and monkeys are all wonderful minics.

  • @DigitalTrunks
    @DigitalTrunks 14 дней назад +7

    AND trimmed his beard. Impressive.

  • @Patient-Unknown
    @Patient-Unknown 14 дней назад +3

    Animals know what’s safe and what’s not look dogs eat grass etc

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 14 дней назад

      This is next level intelligence, imo: it's prescriptive and also
      involves topical application. That's crazy smart. Very cool.

  • @mobetterbreaks
    @mobetterbreaks 13 дней назад

    They are smarter than we think they are.....

  • @PaliAha808
    @PaliAha808 14 дней назад +1

    ABC7 spends 30 seconds on this news.
    Now to something more important: _General Hospital_

  • @kayjay4060
    @kayjay4060 13 дней назад

    I would like to think that he has chewed on these leaves before, and took note of the effects. Numbing for one. Probably had a mouth sore at some point, and while chewing on the plant found out that it took the pain away. Once he had this external pain thought maybe the leaf could do the same.
    Imagine him trying to chew on it, and it does nothing, and having to figure out that if you take the chewed up leaf, compared to the leaf by itself, it would cause the pain to go away by applying it to the pain location.

  • @user-un3iw9ch7h
    @user-un3iw9ch7h 14 дней назад

    I think I'd want to hang out with this guy sometime, he seems really cool, so wise and contemplative. I'm not surprised he knew this at all, I feel like primates should be given the same rights as people, they would probably learn to adapt very quickly.

  • @RichardLucas
    @RichardLucas 14 дней назад

    Orangs are the only non-human primates I would be interested in meeting. They seem more solitary and gentler, certainly, than chimps.

    • @theronraam23
      @theronraam23 14 дней назад

      Female researchers who work with Orangutans are told to wear jeans when working with them. I'll leave it to you to figure out why...

    • @RichardLucas
      @RichardLucas 14 дней назад

      @@theronraam23 I knew there was some kind of affinity between us.

  • @g.w.hampton5525
    @g.w.hampton5525 14 дней назад

    So annoying on several levels... First I didn't see anything anything, juice or pulp being applied in their video. Secondly, in the wild state an open wound closing would be the same as a wound healing.. I think they were just prattling on without watching the video or thinking about the words they were saying.. typical news,

  • @goldiejomanifest8447
    @goldiejomanifest8447 13 дней назад

    So awesome. God is so real

  • @keithkellogg5325
    @keithkellogg5325 14 дней назад

    Then why didn’t you show it liars

  • @happykitten5695
    @happykitten5695 14 дней назад +1

    L❤‍🔥VE 🕊️

  • @mohamadabedzarruk8858
    @mohamadabedzarruk8858 14 дней назад

    Yes indeed he knews that .. his grandparents were humans 🧐

  • @oso_diamante00
    @oso_diamante00 14 дней назад

    My name is triple zero but when you see me I’m white

  • @urbanfox9564
    @urbanfox9564 14 дней назад

    Bet you thought they were dumb hu!🧐

  • @jesusbeliever3891
    @jesusbeliever3891 14 дней назад

    GOD BLESS US ALL IN JESUS NAME THANK GOD AMEN
    JOHN 3:16
    JESUS SAVES

  • @user-ft3pg7qn1o
    @user-ft3pg7qn1o 14 дней назад +3

    Propaganda

    • @randys2669
      @randys2669 14 дней назад

      True, orangutans are very influential in lobbying and influencing mainstream media. That's actually why we use the term "Monkey Business" to refer to sketchy activities.

    • @DrizzyB
      @DrizzyB 14 дней назад +1

      Pro-orangutan propaganda fr‼️🗣💯

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 14 дней назад +1

      Get your Dunning-Kruger hat while they last, bro.

    • @jameswatson5807
      @jameswatson5807 13 дней назад +1

      How?