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Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan - Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They missed that thing on Matabele ants treating wounds on each other with antibiotics. The ants have done this for so long that they've evolved goo pockets to hold their ant-ibiotics https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/ant-antibiotics/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Neat, TIL!

Also, that pun was a bit ant-iclimactic

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

that's amazing

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

2024 : Scientific journal finally finds alternative medicine. Still unsure of ayurveda.