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Orangutans are smarter than we thought - maybe even smart enough to become doctors.
Researchers in Sumatra, Indonesia say an orangutan named Rakus was seen using a medicinal plant to treat its injured face.
Rakus would chew leaves of the liana plant - a known pain reliever - and apply the paste to his wounds.
It's the first time humans have witnessed an animal using medicine to treat a wound.
Some experts have theorized that humans first learned medicine by observing other species.
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