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Snow Monkey . Location:長野 Nagano / Japan🇯🇵 Date:2023年1月 Camera:Z9 / 70-200mm f2.8 . #地獄谷野猿公苑 #地獄谷 #SnowMonkey #Monkey #ig_captures #voyaged #ig_naturelovers #YourShotPhotographer #1x_japan #Lovers_Nippon #tokyocameraclub #art_of_japan_ #jgrv_member #team_jp_ #photo_jpn #sorakataphoto #LBJ_KING #mst_vip #広がり同盟メンバー #special_spot_legend #raw_japan #deaf_b_j_ #nipponpic_member #japan_waphoto #Rox_Captures #colore_de_saison #naganojapan #Japan_Daytime_View #japancityblues #raytrek_uniquetome (Nagano Prefecture, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYhdRIPMVl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Japanese snow monkeys (macaques) are famous for bathing in hot springs during the winter. Besides humans, they are the only primates that can live this far north and survive the frigid temperatures. It might seem natural then that they would use hot springs to stay warm in the winter, but it is actually a new behavior that only came about after contact with humans. Humans in Nagano, Japan fed groups of monkeys in certain locations to keep them away from ski resorts and farms where they were a nuisance. The half-tame monkeys watched humans in man-made pools enjoying the warm water and a few of the younger monkeys gave it a go. There are also stories of monkeys retrieving apples and other snacks from the water before realizing the warm pools were comfortable. In any case, it was the reckless and daring youngsters who began the process and eventually older individuals joined in. For hygiene reasons, the humans built the monkeys their own pool in the 1960s and it is that same pool that the monkeys use today. It might be romantic to imagine wild monkeys spending their winters in isolated natural hot springs, but it just isn’t the case. Like in many places around the world, monkeys have adapted to our presence in ways that benefit them, and it has changed their culture. Similar to the macaques of India that steal unattended bottles of Coca-Cola, the Japanese snow monkeys discovered that hanging around human settlements offered certain perks not available in the wild. 🐵♨️☃️ #biology #nature #snowmonkey #japan #macaque (at Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1WiASGJ3o-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Baby Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey) at Jigokudani Yaen-Koen, a wildlife refuge in the mountains of Japan. . . . . . #sandiegophotography #travelphotography #naturephotography #yourshotphotographer #snowmonkey #snowmonkeys #japanesemonkey #jigokudani #jigokudaniyaenkoen #explorejpn #spunkymonkey #japandailies #traveljapan #wildlifephoptography #wildlifephotos #lovejapan #visitjapan #traveljapan https://www.instagram.com/p/CgSimpJBliz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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