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Chimpanzees seen self-medicating with healing plants when sick or injured
The chimpanzee was sick. It had diarrhea and tapeworms — not unusual for a wild chimpanzee in the Budongo Forest of Uganda. What intrigued the watching research team was what the ape did about it. Soon after its symptoms developed, the male traveled with …