Wounded wild orangutan seen using plant as medicine | BBC News 

the cost of healthcare these days.

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Lol. Yeah, rangers are boss!

And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. Ezekiel 47:12 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:2

Science becomes a scum any time

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Man took a big bite from someone elses comment

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It was a lovers quarrel involving a female the usual story

that's funny cause you wouldn't think an Orangutan would have a lawyer or even knows what a lawyer is. I own an Orangutan and he hasn't shown any behavior indicating legal knowledge

@@maxazzopardi7446That’s what he wants you to think

​@@maxazzopardi7446Are you sure you're the owner in that relationship, bud?

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I've always seen them as smart, I dunno why everyone automatically thinks they're so dumb imo

​@@ARO656ok then go vegan or something

@@ARO656animals don’t have souls according to the Bible, or else we wouldn’t be allowed to eat them would they have souls lol. Every human would be vegetarian then, and see eating animals as a huge murder sin. Still, God told us to respect his creatures and planet earth as we share the same home. God gave us the task to take care of all of us with love and respect. Don’t eat too much animals, don’t abuse them.

@@ARO656Stop shouting. Stop rambling on about irrelevant nonsense. Souls aren’t real and the Bible is irrelevant.

?????? Yes, people with Phds who study animal behavior are fools.

Humans are also animals☠️☠️ in fact we are in the same family as this orangutan which is the great ape family which is a sub species from the larger primate family…

I wouldn’t say fools when they don’t go outside to observe their environment but certainly ignorant as to what goes on around them sure! 🤨

I mean, the video itself said that the scientists observing this phenomenon were surprised. I don’t know why you’d ever call someone foolish for being surprised at something that’s seems to be an uncommon behavior.

​@@jazzyprince3335 being surprised to see something rare is fine. But it is stupid to think they wouldn't, or can't have the sense to use medicine. Of course orangutans wouldn't just leave wounds and sickness without trying anything. Birds, cats and dogs are around humans enough that we see them self medicate a lot. Of course something much more intelligent than a cat is going to understand to do something.

Why are you yapping just enjoy the video say nice things then scroll to the next video human

animals are not as smart as humans there are some species that show signs of human intelligence this why humans find that suprising

​@@Alg673You're yapping too fyi.

@@Alg673 says a yapper, u must b slow 🤡🤡

@@Alg673 u must b slow hu

The Capuchin is an RN The Chimp is certified physician The orangutan has a doctrine And the gorilla works the front desk ! 🤣

Orang can't afford to see vets and medicines nowadays is expensive

How dumb are you? They dont pay

​@@titaniumsteel9114"orang" literally means human in indonesian/malaysian.

@@titaniumsteel9114 orang = man/woman, utan = jungle

I think, that he was biting the blisters of sap, from the bark of the tree, then ingesting it, as medicine!

lol. Kissing.

​@@moonshoes11smooching 💋

Now that's tripping

@@renanlll6542i could be wrong gbut I don tthtink so. Theyre capable of these lower level emotions. Again, I am not entirely sure

Thats what she meant. She said "eating on it", she's probably bilingual

@@marquisethomas5611 eating is the act of ingesting, what the ape is doing is not ingesting it but crushing the leaves using its molars , when it feels its already mashed up, it then spread the thick paste directly on skin. I'm not an English speaker but I do know the difference.

The leaf probably relieves pain, I doubt he would actually make a connection between faster healing and the plant. But numbing is pretty straight forward.

@@thaedleinad That makes more sense. Would they even be aware of wound healing time duration? Doubtful. But they might certainly know if a leaf numbs the sting.

Probably numbs the tongue, therefore knows the numbing qualities. The paste also creates a barrier from infection. (Just throwing stuff out there)

I checked an article with some more details. The plant stems he was chewing on produce a kind of latex. Salve basically acted like a plaster, keeping flies and infection out of the wound (flies are a huge problem for open wounds in a jungle)

@@idoltrash2353 Nice work! You would think the story would include this information.

​@@JimmyJapan _relax_

@@dragulia_venaro chill

Yes they are able to put on a nice British accent and work for the BBC.

@@krackastudios cornball

@@krackastudios Man what can I say

No were not.

yes we were 😂 ​@@xs1xs1

Lol! Why wears clothes bud? No other animal, wears clothes. God made animals on the 5th day and mankind on the 6th

​@@xs1xs1 yes. We are apes. Grow up. Get educated. Your ancestor grandma Neanderthal is disappointed in you.

not really... daily human behaviour nothing more than animal like

Why? To stop you flying to the jungle and picking some yourself? I think if the leaves were more effective than modern medicine then the NHS would be all over it.

You should apply Hanlon's Razor in your life more often. The plant species is called _Fibraurea tinctoria_ and the study was published in the open access journal Scientific Reports.

Ahh here come the conspiracy nuts

@@aezzil3536 it's funny how so so many conspiracies turned out to be real, eh?

@jacekmakes Yea like how clown gliders are after our solar plexus.

If we lived in the wilderness like him, we would know this and much more. We just live in a different environment where we have different worries.

we (as in humans) we already know this and much more, the apes have to learn it from somewhere @@AllredGL

@@AllredGLWe don’t so he’s right.

Doesn't look like it worked tho

if you actually watched the video, youll see that it did @@chiquita683

Life could be dream!

What about humans? They do all those things

now the chimps are angry with your statement

most majestic animal in the world i agree. They could rip my face off but they look like you can really chill with them

I didn’t know people could have a favorite species of ape let alone a favorite subspecies of ape lol

“Thinks” or she knows it help

Animals are much smarter then people give them credit for

My dog would frequently sniff out a specific kinda grass whenever he had an upset stomach. My cats started doing the same, too.

The further back we go the more blurred is the human/animal dichotomy.

to be fair it's contextual. He's only more knowledgeable about that because you don't live in a forest or study medicine. I assume.

you also don't live in a jungle and aren't used to what it contains. flip this situation a bit,the monkey gets into the city after being hurt, do you think they'll just as quickly find Neosporin, bandaids or anything? especially unless they've just watched someone do it then repeat the actions which probably means it's in your house now...a whole other subject and issue there. life always adapts best to where it primarily resides.

Check herbs traditionally used as medicine in your community/homestead. Beware, some herbs have nothing but tradition to back their use and can be harmful or useless, but others have been studied and found effective. Where I live, there's a shrub called "matico" (Buddleja globosa) which is used to heal wounds, both external and internal (stomach ulcers) - and it is officially certified as effective. Maybe in your surroundings there are also medicinal herbs. Check with your local medical authorities and traditional healers. ✌

​@@MariaMartinez-researcherLots of medical herbs in my surroundings lol

I mean, you could heal your wound by doing nothing, your body already does that, the best you can do is help the healing proccess, which this kind of leaf might help or not. Feel free to test it if you want

Ever tried jungle juice ? It’s what everyone drinks in the jungle ! 💀

you mean "people of the woods"

​@@maxim196Same thing.

And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. Ezekiel 47:12 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:2

​@@ayoolukoga9829 so what plant has meat for fruit and medicine for leaves? One thing to quote something, another to have the answer to it.

So, technically... 'orange' is like human fruit? wait.. that sounds wrong...

inonesians love to tell this to the internet

Man of the forest

Neranja is orange in Spanish, chicken or the egg I guess.

Jungle Guy!

Yes it does.

Smarter than 75% of humanity

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How? They can't do simple math​, and basic iq test they lack the ability to communicate effectively... so what's your logic here? You tryna be funny? Are you a comedian? You think your comment is interesting and laughable? Sure most apes are capable of healing themselves but it doesn't necessarily to just assume that they're better than us 🤡🤡🤡🤡 Goofy@@tabularasa7775

@christopherbristol4598 - They can learn all kinds of things, like tool use, for example (hammer and saw).

@@MossyMozart yep

Is bro thinks he's funny? And has unique interesting comment?

You are from canada 😂🇨🇦

Let me guess.... You're a "medical professional" right?​@@averagemichael

@@JesusLovesEVERYTHING your name literally says Jesus loves everything

That's not saying much

some are vegetables

I 💯 % agree on both comments

i dont understand why its taboo to call humans animals. like.. what else are we? aliens? i mean some people act like aliens hahha.

You are an animal. Not all of us are.

@@Saffins Since when was it taboo to call humans what we call animals?🤔

Dr. Splitz :D

And Dr. Pig

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:2 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. Ezekiel 47:12

Dr Zaius

No money in it for big Pharma

I imagine they deliberately didn’t say which plant so we don’t plunder it like we do everything else.

leaves of plant called Akar Kuning - an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial plant that is also used locally to treat malaria and diabetes.

The liana plant from the articles online.

It's called Akar Kuning. Another news video has more detailed info regarding this scene. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NEkhtzgEdvo.htmlsi=ydqltJO4GqvZVBlz

Give yourselves some credit we have long advanced forward in our analysis.

Where in Africa bruv? This is such a stupid comment. I live in Nigeria and nobody watches animals in any jungle for plants.

​@@windsurfer8824 I know right. I am from South Africa, we go to a clinic or hospital. These are the kind of people who makes the west continue with the stereotypes of backwards Africans.

@@windsurfer8824im South African and i don’t know nothing about that. this guy still lives in the Africa that they show on American TV 😂

😂😂😂 Lmao they may have done that a few centuries ago. But we know what plants do what nowadays. I call cap! 😂😂

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You're the only one clued in. This happened two years ago. It's only being pushed now because of the Planet of The Apes movie coming out.

@@Andre_Jordan Figured it couldn't just be a coincidence

Maurice! ❤

This observation in particular is interesting because it's human-like

That's instinct. Bad comparison.

@@JimmyJapan This made me cry laugh

Yes but dogs dont manipulate the environment around them, knowing which plant has medicinal properties to heal themselves with it. This is very clearly a level above licking a wound.

It’s well known that birds line nests with antimicrobial materials,watched a pair this week taking leaves of a bush in my garden to the eaves of my house, a plant that doesn’t harbour bugs at all.

doctors and scientists will definitely gatekeep that information.

@@Eliasu1150 sadly , you are right

My god you hippies cant do a few google searches before acting like doctors and scientists are out to get you? 😂😂

leaves of plant called Akar Kuning - an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial plant that is also used locally to treat malaria and diabetes.

@@Eliasu1150orangutans literally only live on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo it wouldn’t be that hard to google medicinal plants Sumatra Borneo

Orangutans already have ever larger numbers of their homes taken away they do not need more taken so companies can strip the plants for profit.

Well killing bacteria is healing your body wow where u get educated lol and to kill bacteria it has to be medical

I'd bet on you in a battle with ChatGPT

@@threatened2024 Never bet on me...

Saw this on American news outlets before the BBC strangely and they seem to have covered it a bit more in depth. Apparently the plant is quite well known and already used. From what I gather though it's nothing groundbreaking, there's better things, but it is useful. Still he did his best with the skills, tools and resources available. Not bad for a ginger.

they knew the plant had medicinal benefits already and thats why they were so interested in the fact the orangutang seemed to realize it as well.

problem is that won't make the pharmaceutical companies any money if they use the plant for a fraction of the price of them selling pills so they won't bother with it

​@@fintan9218the plant has a strong pain relief effect so after having his under eyes ripped out he'd definitely notice it.

@@Jacksimon18909 im curious if this is just a very situational instance, but id imagine other primates have done similar without us noticing. You’re probably right that it somehow noticed relief from the plant at some point, but its still amazing. Especially since its likely that for it to be as effective as it was it needed to be a paste made up of many ground/chewed up leaves. Which seems hard to have happened by accident. I have so many questions, like is the plant something they would normally eat or is it even edible. As I could see them realizing the benefits if they had some sort of sore or cut in their mouths and noticed relief when chewing on that specific plant.

@@fintan9218 in this case your assessment is correct however this would've happened or could even have happened before because they're natural foragers who still use their nose unlike us to test their food, the plant is edible and safe but the concept of pastes to them is a well known one by the way they often mash their food to eat however they've been showing several signs of evolution recently like at a camp in Borneo the adults copy the humans like washing their socks in the river or using tools copying the DIY man. A picture of an orangutan trying to help a fisherman from the river or the one who copied the local spear fisherman but upgraded the technique by hanging from vines to stop shadows on the water. They're doing well.

But they didn't show anything. That painted a picture for you and folks believed. Whether it's true or not, you still didn't see him do it. It's called PROGRAMMING

The scientist is also an ape (we are apes)

Dr Isabelle Laumer

wow, missed that detail, that they actually mentioned the ape`s name (but not much more...)

​@@Webaurantonly in the scientific sense. We are homonids. But it's fine to use it differently in the coloquial sense.

@@GavinGas something isn't colloquial simply because it's not used correctly. You've got 2 definitions that you're misusing; 'ape' and now 'colloquial' I suggest you stop writing on the internet.

Wow, I've never heard that one before. Such a genius.. Not!!!!!!!!!

How fragile are you child?

🙄 I'm willing to bet you've tried to get this spam joke off the ground on multiple videos and had a one hundred percent negative response?

I don't I stopped filing mine a few years ago

You shouldn't feel bad... I mean we are literally more advanced than Orangutans

Well we've never seen this before so we really did not know it was a possibility.

That's the problem these days, you can't talk without someone being offended. in that sense yes orangutans are more advanced than us

We as humans still learning about all the animals, this is the first time it’s been observed. But at the end of the day humans are smarter, these monkeys can’t create an iPhone or design a rocket ship going to mars.

Ancient Chinese Indian and Egyptian medicines? Indian and Chinese medicine are still in practice

No , we are not apes

@@JimmyJapan all due respect, I'm speaking of myself and you; whether you believe it or not is irrelevant.

Some people more than others. I mean seriously, humans can be so stupid .

​@@TheChosen2030 I am a great ape (belonging to Hominidae family), you're not. You're a sheep.

​@@TheChosen2030we are apes

Cause people are still in denial

Who told you that you are intelligent 🤣🤣🤣

They are you cousin, not mine, l belong to the Kingdom of God!!

@@JesusIsWithYouNowPrayToHim delulu

@@birbeyboop God Bless you!!

In the UK it's doc leaves. Probably all old wives tales

​@GavinGas I grew up in Ireland and used doc leaves. I thought they helped but it might have been placebo-effect 😂

And they like to get high on catnip.

​@@user-wb1wk8uz8xFun fact: As an Australian, I don't even know what catnip is (other than hearing about how cats like it from TV and online) because Australian cats don't like catnip. Never once seen it here. Is it a powder? Do they smoke it?

@@--mr4yo How interesting is that, about the Australian cats not liking catnip. Thanks for sharing. I don't really know what catnip is comprised of, but I think its a plant. I have seen it in a small cloth like pillows and cats will hug it, rub their face in it, hold it in their front paws as they lay on their back and purr. I don't think they even try to smoke it because they achieve a nice high from it in its original state. What part of Auzie-Land are you from?

​@@--mr4yowe bought our cats catnip. They say "all cats like it" our cats hate it. Yes I'm Australian.

Bubt- so interesting. Will look this up. Thanks.

Not really.

This kind of stuff is all bullshit. "Scientists" hanging out watching animals all day, have to come up with new "discoveries" to justify the funding they are getting for their gravy job. Often you'll find the evidence lacking.

Yes, I'm suspicious of that myself. They show the wound. Show it healed. Claim the whole thing was observed, but they didn't document it on film?

no we don't need scientists to tell us that. However when something goes from being anecdotal to observed we have science. Then it can be added to text books, included in teaching, added to relative parts of the curriculum, and the world gets a little bit smarter. You and I both know, as furry guardians, that when we go the the vet it's all about evidence not anecdote because that's how science works.

Maybe... Maybe these things you see is just them using their senses for nature is a little more than what you think it is? Just because they can't communicate on an intelligent level like we can doesn't mean that they might not have some type of intelligence we don't understand.

what is amazing is they do it out of instincts!!! NO one taught them to do this an that whenever they felt something wrong with thier bodies that needed aid they simply know what to doo and how to act on it ANIMALS are really that amazing!!!! I hope they would consider they have a level of intelligence that we simply couldn't comprehend

How do you know that your cat has a stomach ache? Can your cat talk?

@@Universalis71384not a pet owner, then?

Apes and humans share a common creator...God Almighty

​@Fertich1837 Categorically NOT true, as God does not exist! It's called survival of the fittest, evolution, and the passage of time.

That’s like saying _cars and Fords._ Humans _are_ apes.

@@Fertich1837The only “creator” you have is in the sense of your parents.

​@@Fertich1837Wishful thinking.

Like what? I don't think licking wounds are equal to applying paste of medicine leaves.

Exactly. I don't know why people are acting like this is new. Animals have been healing themselves since forever. I live in the Caribbean, and you'd be surprised to see the types of wounds they heal themselves from using different herbs and plants. They sniff them out and just know what to eat. Even domesticated animals can do it. So it's nothing new to us here.

Wait really?

But they don't live there so wtf ?

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No! This video proves nothing other than we all heal naturally on our own because that's how God created our bodies.

​@@Fertich1837god didn't create your body my dear lady that was several million years of cellular evolution and nine months of gestation in a womb.

​@@Fertich1837lol. Yeah, magical god did. Or for those of us not from the twelfth century, evolution

​@@Fertich1837 god did so many great things! Now let´s talk about all the things he obviously fucked up..

We _are_ animals.

Consciousness was never exclusive to humans. They're our distant relatives after all. All mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles, all have consciousness, but it's different for everyone.

Just not the same level. Give yourself some credit.

@@uriituwYou might be an animal, but I am not.

@@--AE-- You might be fungus or something. Learn something about phylogeny.