{"id":28190,"date":"2026-07-03T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/blog\/2026\/07\/03\/scientists-discover-wild-orangutans-may-be-treating-themselves-with-medicinal-plants\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:23:36","slug":"scientists-discover-wild-orangutans-may-be-treating-themselves-with-medicinal-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/blog\/2026\/07\/03\/scientists-discover-wild-orangutans-may-be-treating-themselves-with-medicinal-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover Wild Orangutans May Be Treating Themselves With Medicinal Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/scientists-discover-wild-orangutans-may-be-treating-themselves-with-medicinal-plants\/\" title=\"Scientists Discover Wild Orangutans May Be Treating Themselves With Medicinal Plants\"><\/a>Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition. For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the only species that knows how to use nature\u2019s pharmacy. A 20-year study of wild orangutans in Indonesian Borneo found that the great apes selectively consumed [&#8230;]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition. For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the only species that knows how to use nature\u2019s pharmacy. A 20-year study of wild orangutans in Indonesian Borneo found that the great apes selectively consumed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/blog\/2026\/07\/03\/scientists-discover-wild-orangutans-may-be-treating-themselves-with-medicinal-plants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scientists Discover Wild Orangutans May Be Treating Themselves With Medicinal Plants&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}