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This photo is from Wikimedia; it shows a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) in the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano Prefecture,Japan.  The photo is in the public domain.



The Park features natural hot springs.


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There are more photos here and here.  There is a live webcam here.


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This is one of my favorite shots of the Snow Monkeys (Macaca fuscata, also known as Japanese Macaques) resident at the Central Park Zoo in New York. While most primates are tropical to subtropical in their ranges, Snow Monkeys (as they name would imply) are the furthest north in the Northern…
A Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
A Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
A Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.

Thank goodness they are taking a bath. Whenever I see pictures of those monkeys all I can think of is the god awful smell of the troop I encountered in the Southern Alps of Yamanashi-ken.

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