Rakus, the clever orangutan who became his own doctor (Picture: Safruddin) In Disney’s the Jungle Book, the orangutan King Louie famously sings how much he wants to be like young human Mowgli. Now it seems the real apes are even more like people than previously thought. In an incredible world first, a male orangutan has been seen repeatedly treating a wound using medicinal plants. The wild male Sumatran orangutan, known as Rakus, was seen chewing leaves and applying the sap to a wound... Read this story
