Wildlife

Simian Revenge

A Sudanese farmer was rescued from a savage attack by a monkey, said to be the father of a young monkey the farmer killed years ago.

Khartoum’s SudaNow reports the Central Darfur farmer’s wife was able to beat the attacking primate to death as it was biting her husband’s thighs and legs.

The magazine reports monkeys once dug up seeds the farmer had planted until he chased them away about five years ago, killing the assaulting monkey’s offspring in the process.

Locals say they have witnessed monkeys stalking their enemies for decades after being wronged.

Elderly Arachnid

The world’s oldest known spider was killed at the age of 43 by a wasp attack in Western Australia.

Scientists at Curtin University said the trapdoor spider was the subject of a long-term study and outlived the previous record-holder by 15 years, mainly from living her entire life in one burrow.

“We’re really miserable about it,” lead researcher Leanda Mason told The Telegraph. “We were hoping she could have made it to 50 years old.”

Trapdoor spiders ambush small prey that have the misfortune of passing by their burrows.