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From the January 30, 1970 cover story - SNOW MONKEYS OF JAPAN - this image ran with teh following caption: “Primate experts at Kyoto University and the Japanese Monkey Center have been studying the country’s 5,000 monkeys exhaustively for 20 years, but the relatively elusive snow monkeys have received attention only during the past decade. How these monkeys manage to survive in their bitter environment is a matter of particular interest. The scientists have discovered, for example, that the monkeys have become adapted to winter fare which other Japanese monkeys would normally never eat. But the snow monkey lifestyle is very much like that of their southern cousins. One commonly shared trait is ritual grooming, an act of affection which helps bind the trop more closely together. Above, a mother cuddles her baby while another female grooms her.” (Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #wildLIFEwednesday #Japan #snowmonkeys