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An orangutan spotted self-medicating - Science with Belinda Smith
Manage episode 416111535 series 5428
A Sumatran orangutan was seen self-medicating, smearing chewed-up leaves onto an open sore on its face.
Researchers say it's the first known example of a wild animal using a medicinal plant to treat a wound. So how did it learn this behaviour?
Guest: Belinda Smith, ABC science reporter
11072 эпизодов
Manage episode 416111535 series 5428
A Sumatran orangutan was seen self-medicating, smearing chewed-up leaves onto an open sore on its face.
Researchers say it's the first known example of a wild animal using a medicinal plant to treat a wound. So how did it learn this behaviour?
Guest: Belinda Smith, ABC science reporter
11072 эпизодов
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