Post AhY7slVKbykoA3bIMS by fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk
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(DIR) Post #AhY67WRwfOeBuCvSFs by ajroach42@retro.social
2024-05-04T13:31:46Z
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Wait, Orangutans have started applying medicine to their wounds? Are they coming to replace us? They are aren't they?
(DIR) Post #AhY6Dlte9HkpYBrXf6 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2024-05-04T13:32:49Z
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@ajroach42 we can hope
(DIR) Post #AhY6TMLitsC2x0QbXU by tayledras@mastodon.social
2024-05-04T13:35:40Z
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@ajroach42 From corvids dropping stones in water to raise the water level (and access their food) to chimpanzees using sticks as straws to retrieve food and now orangutans using salves and medications?I'm still rooting for the Orcinus Orca, but corvids and great apes aren't far behind.
(DIR) Post #AhY7TltA2spg76pRJI by fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk
2024-05-04T13:46:59Z
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@ajroach42 I have no problem believing they put medecine on their wounds but I am a little sceptical about "started"
(DIR) Post #AhY7WCSoDATV76f1hQ by ajroach42@retro.social
2024-05-04T13:47:28Z
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@fishidwardrobe Had to start at some point, even if we're only discovering it now.
(DIR) Post #AhY7slVKbykoA3bIMS by fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk
2024-05-04T13:51:29Z
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@ajroach42 Well, this is the good question. Is it like gorillas disarming gorilla traps -- they learned it from humans? Or have they been doing it for a long while now?
(DIR) Post #AhYFs3lk1A2K9TS0HI by gdinwiddie@mastodon.social
2024-05-04T15:20:34Z
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@ajroach42 Perhaps we're just starting to realize that we're failing to replace them.
(DIR) Post #AhYPd23L7Ci81k9g7k by VE2UWY@mastodon.radio
2024-05-04T17:10:19Z
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@ajroach42 Regular copay to see an oragutan doctor but you need pre-approval to see a human doctor and it's considered out-of-network, so insurance will only cover 80%.