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slash setup welcome to cool stuff ride home I'm Roger Rizu Marcus Paff isn't feeling the

best today so I'm riding solo. On today's episode,

scientists catch an orangutan healing itself with a medicinal plant, and the DOT has new rules

in place for airlines to help passengers with canceled or delayed flights. Plus, on this day in

history, the channel tunnel connecting the UK and France opens. That's coming up on cool stuff.

Mankind might not be the only creature on this planet that understands the medicinal

properties that some plants have. Scientists reported last week that an orangutanang appeared to

treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant, which is the latest example of how some

animals attempt to soothe their ills with remedies found in the wild.

According to a new study in scientific report, scientists observed an adult male orangutan named

Racas, pluck and chew up leaves from a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia

to treat pain and inflammation. He then uses fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right

cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage.

While it has been documented that several species of great apes for medicines and forests

to heal themselves, they have never been able to see the animals actually treat themselves

with the plants.

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