For the first time in recorded history, an ape was witnessed as he uses a medical plant to treat a wound he had sustained during a fight. Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan applied chewed leaves from the Akar Kuning - a climbing plant used in traditional medicine and got himself plenty of rest until the wound on his face closed up. Yair Ben-Dor has more.

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