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Japanese macaque
Macaca fuscata
- Japanese macaques live further north than any other monkey in the world.
- Japanese macaques are reported to swim distances over 陆km, and are very at home in water.
- Other Japanese macaques have been observed both washing sand off sweet potatoes and using the salt water to flavour their food.
- Young Japanese macaques have been known to play with snowballs!
- By huddling to keep warm, they can increase their skin temperature by 5 degrees.
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Celebrity monkeys
Japanese macaques are some of the most photographed monkeys in the world.