Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world.
“I am wondering why animals lick their wounds. . . . I see my dog do it, but I don’t think humans should. I wonder if animals have something different that makes licking their wounds good for them, or if it’s actually just bad for them, or if there’s some other story here,” asked Luke, calling from Richmond, Virginia.
To submit a question to the Outside/In team, you can record it as a voice memo on your smartphone and send it to [email protected]. You can also leave a message on our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER. No question is too serious or too silly.…