When a wild orangutan in Sumatra suffered a facial wound, he did something that caught the attention of scientists: the animal chewed the leaves of a liana vine – a plant not normally eaten by apes – to heal the wound.

A remarkable body of accounts from ancient to medieval times describes self-medication by many different animals. The animals used plants to treat illness, repel parasites, neutralize poisons and heal wounds. #animals
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Animals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia

Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific name: zoopharmacognosy.

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