iheartneopets ,

https://www.the-scientist.com/study-suggests-dolphins-use-coral-mucus-as-medicine-70036

Don't we already have lots of evidence of animals using medicine? Sorry, I'm confused as to how this is a first? Is it just that it was a wound specifically?

FlyingSquid Mod ,
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It's the first evidence of an animal treating a wound with a medicinal plant. They need to make that clearer.

doublejay1999 ,
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Please say it was coca

sirico ,
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Cool cut the trees

yngmnwntr ,

https://primatology.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/orangutan-photographed-using-tool-as-spear-to-fish/

Sumatran Orangutans also use hand tools while Orangutans from Borneo do not.

Gikiski ,
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"Dr. Zaius, I presume."

KingJalopy ,

Do you want humans?

This is how you get humans.

Sterile_Technique ,
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No no no - humans are closest to chimps, and if their current state is any indicator of the evolutionary path we broke off from, we descended from a bunch of clever but violent assholes, which says a lot about our current state

Orangutans are chill as fuck - get that evolutionary juice flowing and step aside to make way for Earth's real master race!

bobs_monkey ,

Maurice has entered the chat

FlyingSquid Mod ,
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Always best to go to a scientific source with this sort of thing, because mainstream media outlets often get science details wrong. I'm still reading the Nature article, but that is where I would get the story from.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01289-w

Maven OP ,
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Very true. I updated the link in the post.

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