Peru 2015 - Tarantula

Once bitten, the palm gained the ability to sense danger proportionate strength, and the ability to climb walls.

Thus, spider-plants were created.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)

The orangutan’s biggest threats come from humans destroying their habitat, kidnapping them for the pet trade, and occasionally eating them (and in at least one particularly horrifying case, the sex trade).

Alas, they can’t do anything about any of this, so they defend themselves against the bogyman instead.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)

Everyone gets itchy sometimes.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.