Medical Care and Hygiene among Chimpanzees Much More Widespread than Thought

Primatologists have documented and analyzed both previously reported and newly observed instances of self-directed and other-directed wound care, snare removal, and putatively medicinal hygiene behaviors in the Sonso and Waibira chimpanzee communities of the Budongo Forest in Uganda. The post Medical Care and Hygiene among Chimpanzees Much More Widespread than Thought appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

May 14, 2025 - 14:15
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Medical Care and Hygiene among Chimpanzees Much More Widespread than Thought
Social grooming between two chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. Image credit: Elodie Freymann.

Primatologists have documented and analyzed both previously reported and newly observed instances of self-directed and other-directed wound care, snare removal, and putatively medicinal hygiene behaviors in the Sonso and Waibira chimpanzee communities of the Budongo Forest in Uganda.

The post Medical Care and Hygiene among Chimpanzees Much More Widespread than Thought appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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