I hate monkeys- By Jack Ginsberg

         I had been walking for hours now and the aches in my legs where getting worse. My group trotted at a steady pace on the small path through the dense jungle. sweat had been beading up on my face from the intense heat and ever present moisture. A brown blur swept across my vision while looking up at the trees. I trudged on chalking it up to a hallucination from dehydration. Then all at the same time we heard it, a bone chilling screech echoed through the forest. Our tour guide yelled something in Spanish before disappearing into the underbrush. My family turned with horror on our faces as a troop of ferocious, salivating, disgusting apes descended upon us. 

         I bolted up in bed mind still racing and a cold drop of sweat dripping down my forehead. You may think this fear of monkeys , or pithecophobia, is irrational and unnecessary but  i'm here to tell you that's way off base. Monkeys are straight up terrifying, with unproportionally long muscular arms that could literally rip your face off, to a deadly bite that could send you into anaphylactic shock. That being said the fear of these vicious primates is most definitely justified and keeping one as a pet is nothing short of absurd.