An ape has stunned scientists in Indonesia by treating a wound using a medicinal plant in a world first. The wild male Sumatran orangutan known as Rakus was observed applying chewed leaves from Akar Kuning-a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat injuries and conditions including dysentery, diabetes, and malaria — to a wound on his cheek. The findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, represent the first report of wound treatment by a wild animal using a plant with know