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Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves
By de Roode, Jaap
- ISBN
- 9780691239248
- Publisher
- Princeton Univ.
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Reviewed on March 7, 2025 | Science & Technology
De Roode (biology, Emory Univ.) posits that animals are experts at medicine and that through observation and science, humans can realize the benefits of this expertise. A range of scientists around the world are studying interactions between animals and medicinal cures—such as how cats rub themselves with catnip to deter mosquitoes and how birds collect cigarette butts to protect their nests from parasites. The difference be...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
