Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says. ... Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants ...

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

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Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.

Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal properties for injuries. And the chimps are not just self-medicating — they also appear to treat one another’s wounds.

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.

Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal properties for injuries. And the chimps are not just self-medicating — they also appear to treat one another’s wounds.

Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal properties for injuries. And the chimps are not just self-medicating — they also appear to treat one another’s wounds.

Scientists studying chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest of Uganda noticed the creatures seem to be administering a sort of first aid. Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal ...