生病的黑猩猩吃特殊植物 – 第 3 级

28-06-2024 15:00

乌干达的科学家观察到野生黑猩猩吃具有止痛和抗菌特性的植物来治疗自己的疾病。他们认为这种行为有助于寻找新药。

首席研究员、牛津大学的埃洛迪-弗雷曼(Elodie Freymann)解释说,她的项目旨在扩大对黑猩猩药用习惯的了解。研究人员跟踪了黑猩猩的健康状况和饮食习惯,并注意到黑猩猩不寻常的进食行为。他们收集并分析了黑猩猩生病或受伤时食用的植物样本。研究发现,这些植物中有 88% 具有很强的抗菌特性,33% 具有消炎特性。这表明黑猩猩会选择特定的植物来治疗细菌感染、寄生虫和受伤等疾病。

虽然这一发现令人吃惊,但它与黑猩猩具有高度智慧、能够识别环境中必要的药用资源这一认识是一致的。

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根据这项研究,乌干达野生黑猩猩生病或受伤时吃的植物中,有多大比例具有很强的抗菌特性?

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