An article titled “Chimpanzees self-medicate with healing plants,” published by BBC, reveals that chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves.

But these chimpanzees don't limit their self-care to treating wounds. We recorded them freeing themselves from wire snares set by hunters, and cleaning their genitals with leaves after mating.

The plants chimpanzees use to treat their wounds have been found to have medicinal properties.

This discovery builds on previous findings that chimpanzees consume specific plants to self-medicate against parasites and infections.

Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal properties for injuries. And the chimps are not just self-medicating — they also appear to treat one another’s wounds.

A new study suggests chimpanzees don't just perform self-care—in some cases, they look out for each other. Elodie Freymann Chimpanzees use medicinal plants to perform first aid on others ...

New research sheds light on how chimpanzees self-medicate wounds with plants and provide aid to other chimps.

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research ...

The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.