“Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.”
That’s a line from the movie adaptation of Pierre Boulle’s dystopic Planet of the Apes.
But was he right?
Is homo sapien sapiens an especially deviant member of the council of creatures?
The answer is, surprisingly, a resounding “No!”
Join mindry.in as we explore the realm of simian sinners, genocidal lions, real estate driven murders on the savannah, paeodophiles at the poles, troupes that dope, adulterous ant eaters and maniacs in general.
Every Monday Mindry.in will bring you a macabre incident of crime from the wild.
