Chimpanzees in Uganda have shown remarkable behavior by using medicinal plants to treat open wounds and other injuries.Scientists from the University of Oxford,working with a local team in the Budongo Forest,filmed an...Chimpanzees in Uganda have shown remarkable behavior by using medicinal plants to treat open wounds and other injuries.Scientists from the University of Oxford,working with a local team in the Budongo Forest,filmed and recorded incidents of these chimps using plants for first aid,either on themselves or on each other.This research builds on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants for self-medication.展开更多
文摘Chimpanzees in Uganda have shown remarkable behavior by using medicinal plants to treat open wounds and other injuries.Scientists from the University of Oxford,working with a local team in the Budongo Forest,filmed and recorded incidents of these chimps using plants for first aid,either on themselves or on each other.This research builds on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants for self-medication.