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New research shows that orangutans seek out plants with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties. Based on 20 years of observations, scientists assessed how often the animals ate plants with known medicinal benefits.

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University of Exeter
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The findings suggest they eat combinations of plants in specific sequences – consistent with self-medication seen in other species. It’s not clear how they learn to do this, but the researchers think it may involve instinct or behaviour passed down generations. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

news.exeter.ac.ukOrangutans seek out medicinal plantsOrangutans seek out plants with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties, new research shows. Based on 20 years of observations of orangutans in Indonesian Borneo, scientists asse...