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☘ 20JUNE – summer solstice: Welcome Summer ’24

With today, June 20, 2024, summer enters with the solstice. This year compared to last year it seems to be less hot. At least for the moment it …

☘ 20JUNE – summer solstice: Welcome Summer ’24

Sick chimps seek out medicinal plants to heal themselves, study finds

  • A new study concludes that chimpanzees displaying a range of ailments seek out plants with known medicinal properties to treat those ailments.
  • The finding is important because it’s a rare instance where a species is shown to consume a plant as medicine rather than as part of its general diet.
  • The study identified 13 plant species that the chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest relied on, which can help inform conservation efforts for the great apes.
  • The finding could also hold potential for the development of new drugs for human use.

Wild chimpanzees actively seek out plants with medicinal properties to treat themselves for specific ailments,a new study has found.

Source: Sick chimps seek out medicinal plants to heal themselves, study finds

A su encuentro – Ventana literaria

A su encuentro

A lo lejos... varias caricias
con las campanadas llegan;
no es una llamada,
tampoco un susurro,
es el encuentro que viene
en brazos del viento.

LMML.

To meet you

In the distance... several caresses
with the chimes they arrive;
It's not a call
not even a whisper,
is the meeting that is coming
in the arms of the wind.

LMML.

Source: A su encuentro – Ventana literaria