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 ...

The snow monkeys are one of several groups of Japanese ... Japanese macaques usually walk on all fours and can leap as far as 16 feet. Maciek Pożoga That afternoon, Sawada showed me videos ...