- Old World monkey
- Snow Monkeys, or Japanese Macaques are legendary for spending a lot of time
lounging around in steam pools of natural hotsprings.
- not lovable animals. If they feel a threat they will try to scare or bite.
- in monkey's society staring at each directly in the eyes is an expression
of enmity.
- scamper around in the snow.
- lives as far north as Honshu Island, where snow falls.
- often found in groups of twenty to thirty.
- long, yellowish - grey hair & bright red face.
- about 15 species of them
- usually travels in troops of 20 - 40
Food and Feeding
- eats plants and insects.
- groom each other and eat the findings.
- have been known to hassle humans for food and sometimes even bite
- they posess cheek pouches into which food is stuffed for later consumption.
Breeding
-Young cared for by mom with great attentiveness
Interesting Facts
- Japan has approximately a total of 80,000 snow monkeys
- there is a nature reserve set upp in Japan for the monkeys and if you want
to see them then you have to pay approximately $ 1,700.
- face and behind turns red as it becomes an adult.
- during the 1998 Winter Olympics snow monkeys became a hassle. They would
run on the slowpes during the dowhill ski competition.
- male considerably larger than female
- muzzle is long.
- nostrils point outward.
- snow monkeys usually have brown fur & short tail
- Japanese Macaques, or snow monkeys, are famous for washing thier potatoes
before eating it. The potatoess were given to them by researchers
