Wilshire@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists sayapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down12
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minus-squaregian linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago They don’t live long enough, sadly. If they did, they could easily be the dominant species. The problem is not how long they live but that they don’t take care of the offspring, so every octopus need to learn everything from scratch again.
The problem is not how long they live but that they don’t take care of the offspring, so every octopus need to learn everything from scratch again.