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Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social |
Not just a plant. A paste that he MADE using a plant. "A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek. After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face, the wound closed up and healed in a month."
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gertrudious
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this got me wondering: how often does this happen in the critter world?! 😍🤯
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Citizen.Coping
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And Rakus has something beyond intelligence. This took planning, consistency and waiting— it took a month for the wound to heal. And the fact that Rakus lovingly smooches the tree, maybe thanking it, at @ 00:50 sec. in the video, shows a respect for nature that a lot of people don't have. 🥹🌿
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Dr Ieithydd (Carys)
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Oook
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The Larch
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This is cool. But it's worth noting, there is a lot of known animal self-medication. What was new was seeing this type of wound care. Humans often underestimate other species, and several species are known to medicate in some ways.
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Aviendha69 - ⊃∪∩⪽
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Evolution is still happening, folks. And humans are devolving.
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⚜ Ole Dirty Rice ⚜
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I guess I should stop eating orangutan and switch to lab-grown. It’s a little more expensive but I can cut back on how much gold leaf I sprinkle in my mistresses’ champagne cocktails and not have father’s accountants notice.
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Isha
@ishaav.bsky.social
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* has been seen *
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LaT
@latxcvi.bsky.social
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What a star! ❤️
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@ourotheboros.bsky.social
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stay unemployed forest man
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SkyIce
@skyice.bsky.social
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Its evolution baby. Give it a few hundred centuried and he'll be the second mammal to wear pants.
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Fleur Jenssen
@fleurjenssen.bsky.social
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Nothing new
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ᗡʏꙅ⅃ɘXiA ƆiЯƎ 🎸
@aixelsyd13.bsky.social
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So cool! Did he learn this? Was it instinct or intuition?
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Little Gems
@lettucewrangler.bsky.social
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This is my doctor
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Jacks 🦬🪶🐺
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“Orangutans are among the most intelligent animals in the world. We know that orangutans are exceptionally smart, based on multiple factors that have been studied over time.”
a-z-animals.com/blog/are-ora...
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Taco Avenger
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Orangutan, heal thyself!
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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎
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Researchers taught tame orangutans to make stone knives. Later those orangutans taught wild ones. The wild ones were then observed to IMPROVE THE DESIGN on their own. They've also begun using sharpened sticks to spear-fish after seeing humans doing it.
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ummm digipres
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I wish Rakus would run for office.
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Kanna Banana 🏳️⚧️🇧🇷
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that's AMAZING
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Lexi (Great Cats System)
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Thank you for sharing. This is really fascinating.
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Esther
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Yes! During the pandemic I got really into zoo pharmacology. I learned that elephants and people sometimes use the same kinds of plants to heal themselves. And there is a question of did we learn if from elephants? or did elephants learn it from us?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dave Palmer
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tincanman
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Ask him to do my broken heart next
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Rick does Math and Stuff
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I think this orangutan should be Florida's new Surgeon General. Seems to have a better grasp on medical science.
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Warhammerchick
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That shows actual reasoning
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Heather Wallace
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Pete Birkinshaw
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I'm glad they included a photo of Rakus healed and looking happier.
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Sketch 🤙
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Orangutans are intelligent and beautiful as all hell, they're so intuitive
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@grendel715.bsky.social
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Well, it’s started. I just hope the apes do a better job with the planet than we did
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Alistair Hammond
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Rakus means greedy in Indonesian
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c______z
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Glad he's feeling better 🙏
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OGfattcatt
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I wonder if, somewhere in the jungle, there’s another Orangutan that’s like “hey man, you know that stuff is just a big hoax right?”
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man screaming quietly
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And not just a paste he made with the plant, but a plant that makes lots of interesting alkaloids.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles....
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SantaMikeyDM
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manes
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Love this kind of stuff. Memory, long-term planning & thinking, very likely cultural transmission- lots going on here.
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