Orangutans have been seen using medicinal plants to sooth joint and muscle pain "for the first time ever".
The Borneo based totally apes chunk leaves of the Dracaena cantleyi plant to create a white lather, which they then rub onto to their bodies.
This is the primary report of self-medication in an Asian ape, and in addition the primary proof for using anti-inflammatory medicine in animals.
Indigenous other people on the Indonesian island are, alternatively, recognized to make use of this plant for a similar objective. "For the first time ever, self-medication activities of orangutans have been confirmed through this research," said Dr Ivona Foitova who co-authored the learn about revealed in the Scientific Reports journal. Local knowledge concerning the plant's therapeutic properties, chemical analysis of the leaves steered that its anti-inflammatory properties could also be really useful to the apes.
The Borneo based totally apes chunk leaves of the Dracaena cantleyi plant to create a white lather, which they then rub onto to their bodies.
This is the primary report of self-medication in an Asian ape, and in addition the primary proof for using anti-inflammatory medicine in animals.
Indigenous other people on the Indonesian island are, alternatively, recognized to make use of this plant for a similar objective. "For the first time ever, self-medication activities of orangutans have been confirmed through this research," said Dr Ivona Foitova who co-authored the learn about revealed in the Scientific Reports journal. Local knowledge concerning the plant's therapeutic properties, chemical analysis of the leaves steered that its anti-inflammatory properties could also be really useful to the apes.
Orangutans use plants for muscle pain relief
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