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Sumatran orangutan becomes first wild animal seen using medicinal plant to treat wound

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Sumatran orangutan becomes first wild animal seen using medicinal plant to treat wound

  • In short: Researchers saw Rakus the orangutan chewing on leaves, then applying the resulting juice and paste to cover a facial wound.
  • Five days later the wound was closed, and a month later fully healed.
  • It is the first documented case of a wild animal using a medicinal plant topically for healing a wound.

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Orangutan becomes first wild animal seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound

The male orangutan, called Rakus, was observed by researchers as he chewed leaves and applied a plant paste onto a facial wound.
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TruthInLight said:
Could God have healed the orangutan of its wound by chance?
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It wouldn't matter to them at this point.

What matters to them is the orangutan's actions, not God's.

The orangutan may have even been trained to do that, or mimicking the movements of someone in front of him.

Here's another example:

 
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TruthInLight said:
Could God have healed the orangutan of its wound by chance?
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I don't think so unless he asked for it. I don't think animals can conceptualize a God. I don't think animals are dumb either because I've heard how dogs saved their owners. When the circus was popular I used to trip out at some of the things animals could be trained to do.
 
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