An orangutan from Indonesia was observed creating a medicinal paste and applying the paste on a facial wound to help it heal faster. The treatment was successful and hints at sophisticated self-medicating abilities. This remarkable behavior is a clear case of active wound treatment with a plant species “known to contain biologically active substances by a wild animal,” researchers who documented the case say. Self-medicating orangutanIt all started at the Suaq Balimbing research site in Indonesia. Rakus the orangutan had a pretty bad fight with a male rival. The fight left him with a nasty wou…