Self-Medicating Apes

[Enjoy your nightly Martini? You are among all the other great apes. SB SM} from Smithsonianmag.com Wild chimpanzees in Uganda appeared to seek out and eat specific plants with medicinal properties when they were sick. Anup Shah via Getty Images Chimpanzees may be using the forest like their own personal pharmacy. When they’re sick, the primates appear... Continue Reading →

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