By TAKAHARU YAGI/ Staff Photographer
April 1, 2021 at 07:30 JST
Snow monkeys huddle together for warmth to fend off the cold amid snow flurries in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 7. “Monkey balls” of the sort do not last long unless members of the group are good friends, experts said. (Takaharu Yagi)
SUMOTO, Hyogo Prefecture--While large groups of humans have been discouraged against eating together during the COVID-19 pandemic, a troop of snow monkeys living here on Awajishima island are under no such restriction. [Read More]
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