#Orangutan #Indonesia #BBCNews<br />A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, said scientists.<br /> <br />It is the first time a creature in the wild has been recorded treating an injury with a medicinal plant.<br /> <br />After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face, the wound closed up and healed in a month.<br /> <br />The behaviour could come from a common ancestor shared by humans and great apes, scientists have said.
