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Scientists amazed as Orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat wound, ‘like administered by doctors’

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Orangutan:

✅These are exclusively arborealwhich means they live among the trees of tropical rainforests.
✅According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there are three species of orangutans: Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli.
✅They feast on wild fruits like lychees, and figs, and slurp water from holes in trees.
✅Orangutans can live up to 50 years, but they have a relatively low reproductive rate because females only give birth once every 5-10 years. 
✅Bornean and Sumatran orangutans differ a little in appearance and behaviour. While both have shaggy reddish fur, Sumatran orangutans have longer facial hair.
✅Sumatran orangutans are reported to have closer social bonds than their Bornean cousins.
✅Conservation status
IUCN: Critically Endangered

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Scientists amazed as Orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat wound, ‘like administered by doctors’

Orangutan named Rakus in Indonesia used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, a unique behavior observed by scientists. The plant, Akar Kuning, helped in wound healing. Orangutans are known for their cognitive abilities and observational learning.

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Scientists amazed as Orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat wound, ‘like administered by doctors’

Source

Orangutan:

✅These are exclusively arborealwhich means they live among the trees of tropical rainforests.
✅According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there are three species of orangutans: Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli.
✅They feast on wild fruits like lychees, and figs, and slurp water from holes in trees.
✅Orangutans can live up to 50 years, but they have a relatively low reproductive rate because females only give birth once every 5-10 years. 
✅Bornean and Sumatran orangutans differ a little in appearance and behaviour. While both have shaggy reddish fur, Sumatran orangutans have longer facial hair.
✅Sumatran orangutans are reported to have closer social bonds than their Bornean cousins.
✅Conservation status
IUCN: Critically Endangered

#prelims

Join @Upsc_4_environment

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