Village Shepherd

I watched a wildlife documentary on television recently, on monkeys. It was fascinating to see different types of monkeys acting in almost human ways. One group were using stones to crack open shellfish. The same group used certain leaves which have been found to have antiseptic effects, as an ointment. They rubbed the leaves all over themselves and each other to guard against skin infections and mosquito bites, and had been observed using the leaves much more during the mosquito season.