He found a way to heal.

Rakus lives in Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia. He used plant juice to help a wound heal. (Armas, Safruddin/Suaq foundation via AP)
Biologists believe Rakus got his wound in a fight with another animal. (Armas/Suaq foundation via AP)
Rakus used the liana plant to help his cut get better. People use this vine to treat pain and fight diseases. (Safruddin/Suaq foundation via AP)
These liana leaves are like the ones Rakus used. (© Saidi Agam/Suaq Project)
Rakus eats liana leaves. (© Saidi Agam/Suaq Project)

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Ouch! This furry ape got hurt. He picked leaves from a plant. He chewed them. He put the leaves on his sore cheek.

The juice helps cuts heal. He is better!

Pray: Thank God for the plants He made that help wounds heal.

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Around 150 orangutans live in a rainforest national park in Indonesia. One male is called Rakus. He got a nasty wound in 2022. He may have been in a fight with another animal. He chewed the stem and leaves of a liana plant. People use the leaves to fight diseases. Rakus put plant juices into his wound. He covered it with leaves. The sore healed in a month. Rakus also rested more. He helped his body get well.

“For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal.” (Jeremiah 30:17)