Interesting Engineering on MSN12 天
Why humans struggle with childbirth, but snow monkeys don’t
Austrian researchers reveal why snow monkeys don't suffer maternal deaths during childbirth, offering insights into safer ...
Smithsonian Magazine4 年
What Japan’s Wild Snow Monkeys Can Teach Us About Animal Culture
A banner welcomed us to the “Snow Monkey Town,” and signs in the station showed red-faced Japanese macaques soaking up to their necks in hot-spring water. The monkeys closed their eyes and ...
National Geographic news28 天
Circus-like performances by snow monkeys in Japan contradict their long-revered status
In nature, Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, are hardy creatures. No other nonhuman primate lives at such northern latitudes. At Jigokudani Monkey Park, roughly 2,800 feet above sea ...
BBC2 年
Winter in the Atlas Mountains
Barbary macaques, found in the mountain ranges of Morocco and Algeria, are one of the few primate species that have to deal with snow. Barbary macaques have to make alliances to stay warm through ...