Chapter 145: Date and Science Popularization Part 2

The original habitat of Peach Blossom Heartwood is tropical America. Its texture is hard, the pattern exquisite, with a reddish tinge, resistant to insects, and enduring without decay, carrying a special, pleasant aroma. In later generations, this lumber became extremely valuable and was also used by European royalty for their furniture. At this time, the Mexica people, likewise fond of its scent that repelled insects, planted them in their gardens as well.

The Black-handed Spider Monkey was only about half a meter in size, with a small, rounded head, slender limbs, and a tail longer than its body. Uniquely, its hands lacked thumbs. These were long-lived monkeys; some could even survive for over thirty years. At the moment, they were freely leaping back and forth in the trees, moving like spiders when crawling. From time to time, the younger monkeys would wrap their long tails around the branches, hanging upside down as they swung, casting lively glances at the people below.