Nothing like a good piece of science news to snap you out of the daily stream of controversies, groupchat notifications and memes and remind you of the wonders of the world. Came across this report of a first documented case of a wild animal using medicinal plants to treat a wound. Researchers observed that an orangutan in Indonesia named "Rakus fed on and later applied the masticated leaves of Fibraurea tinctoria to his facial wound on June 25. On June 26 he was again observed feeding on Fibraurea tinctoria leaves (see photo). By June 30 the wound was closed and by August 25 was barely visible anymore."
