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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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[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year 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/

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Neat, TIL!

Also, that pun was a bit ant-iclimactic

[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

that's amazing

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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