Orangutans Found To Self-Medicate In The Wild
(WorldNews Indonesia)

For the first time, orangutans have been observed self-medicating with a natural liniment in the wild, IFL Science reports. Many animals have been found to self-medicate. From parrots eating clay to coatis coating themselves in resin, the use of naturally occurring plants and minerals to treat themselves is not exactly uncommon. But this has never been observed in wild orangutans, until now. Not only that, but this is the first time it has been proven that any great ape - including both chimpanzees and bonobos - uses deliberate external self-medication. The apes were first observed chewing leaves, and then rubbing the lather formed due to the saponins released on themselves, a few years...