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Snow Monkey

Most monkeys live in tropical countries but the Japanese macaque also called snow monkey, lives in mountains that are covered in snow half the year, on the island of Honshu (the main island of Japan).
They have red faces and thick and furry coats which become thicker during the winter months when temperatures can drop to as low as minus 15 degrees Centigrade.
The monkeys move about in groups of 20 to 30 individuals, sometimes more, and though they feed mainly on fruits they also eat seeds, young leaves, flowers, birds' eggs, insects and tree bark.
Some decades ago when scientists wanted to draw some of them onto the beach, they placed some sweet potatoes there.

One of the macaques, a female who came onto the beach to investigate, picked up one of the potatoes and washed it in the sea to rid it of sand. Others followed her example. Thereafter the monkeys began to wash everything they picked up on the beach before eating it. They still do.
Another interesting thing noticed about them is that they roll snow into snowballs in their hands, and then they let the snowball roll down a slope so that it becomes bigger and bigger as it descends.

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Last updated on :5/14/2005

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User's Comments

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mohammed: I need some details about the smallest monkey in the middle east. You can find it in Bangkok.

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