Ape seen treating wound using medicinal plant for first time

An ape has been seen treating a wound using a medicinal plant for the first time. In a world first, the wild male Sumatran orangutan known as Rakus was observed applying chewed leaves from Akar Kuning - a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat injuries and conditions including dysentery, diabetes, and malaria — to a wound on his cheek.

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