the most aggressive animal i've encountered

@kens425 (436)
Spain
October 17, 2008 3:28am CST
because of my love for the outdoors, i usually encounter many wild animals, the philippine cobra, monitor lizards, wild cats we call musang here in ilocos, but the most frightening was my encounter with a female adult monkey protecting her young. This happened a few months back while hiking with my boy scouts students during a camping activity where we have to look for wildlings in the nearby forest. Lucky for us the monkey which is only as small as a 10 month old human child changed its mind and retreated to the deeper part of the woods. A local resident was once killed by the same specie when he gunned down a young monkey and the parent retaliated by biting him in the head, his skull was punctured which caused his death, whew, have you ever had a similar encounter with wild animals?
1 response
@quawertz (777)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
Wow, never thought that a monkey would be as violent as that. And I thought they are friendly, haha.
@kens425 (436)
• Spain
17 Oct 08
i did too once, maybe they have adapted to the violence they see from people nowadays, or maybe just a motherly defense for her young, i my brother has a pet monkey of the same specie but its gentle.. hence it depends upon upbringing too..(applies to both humans and monkeys hehe.)