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Description: #Orangutan #Indonesia #BBCNews<br/>A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, said scientists.<br/> <br/>It is the first time a creature in the wild has been recorded treating an injury with a medicinal plant.<br/> <br/>After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face, the wound closed up and healed in a month.<br/> <br/>The behaviour could come from a common ancestor shared by humans and great apes, scientists have said.
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