Snow monkeys
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Snow monkeys

Robert Harding

Snow monkeys (also known as Japanese macaques) are a species of monkey from Japan, that live in areas where snow falls each winter. No other primates in the world, apart from humans, live further north.

They are strangely human, bathing in hot springs and sometimes rolling snowballs for fun. They have even been known to develop distinct accents.

Japanese Macaque sleeping in hot pool, Snowmonkey, Japanese Alps, Japan

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Japanese Macaqus in water / Macaca fuscata

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Juvenile snow monkey playing in tree branches, Honshu, Japan

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Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) grooming each other

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Juvenile snow monkey playing in snow, Honshu, Japan

(National Geographic/R Harding)

Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in winter

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Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata), resting at the edge of a hot spring, Nagano, Honshu, Japan, Asia

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Snow monkey (macaca fuscata) bathes in a hot spring, Jigokudani National Park, Japan

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