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  • Chimps Might Use Insects as First Aid, Scientists Find

    Chimps Might Use Insects as First Aid, Scientists Find

    Researchers have documented a remarkable behaviour among wild chimpanzees: chimps applying insects to wounds on themselves or others, perhaps as a sort of first aid. Little is still known about the practice, but the researchers suspect it to be the latest example of altruistic behaviour in nonhuman animals.