Wild orangutans treat pain with natural anti-inflammatory »
Posted By Neophile 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & TechnologyWild orangutans have been spotted using naturally occurring anti-inflammatory drugs. Four individuals have been seen rubbing a soothing balm onto their limbs, the first known examples of orangutans self medicating.
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smithichie1 year, 5 months ago
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Chimps and gorillas will eat certain leaves to help remove worms and such, the article makes mention. Elephants travel the darkness of a cave in Africa in search of certain minerals. BIrds use ants and the acid the ant's spray to clean their feathers of parasites. Wood Ants use pine sap to fight bacterial infection.
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bluetexasvalley1 year, 5 months ago
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Now that we're paying attention, we're finding that our (human) intelligence is not so far above other members of the animal kingdom. Hope our arrogance will soon be torn down and we can learn to treat other denizens of this planet with the respect they merit.
Remember a few years back when all those experiments were being conducted on plants? We discovered some amazing things about their "intelligence". Whatever happened to that?
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redapes1 year, 5 months ago
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As you can see from this article, orangutans are truly special beings. Unfortunately, they are being pushed to the brink of extinction in the wild as palm oil plantations replace their forest habitat in Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutans need our protection. If you want to learn more about them and see what you can do to help them, please visit the Orangutan Outreach website: http://redapes.org
Thank you for your time,
Richard Zimmerman
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Reach out and save the orangutans!
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