Macaque

The Japanese macaque is a large, strong monkey with dark-brown fur and a red face. In the northern part of Japan, where winters are cold and the snow is deep, the macaques grow thick fur. They also keep warm by sitting close together. Sometimes these monkeys keep warm by swimming in hot springs!
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 They eat a lots of different foods, like plants, mushrooms, seaweed, insects, and bird eggs.

The main enemies of macaques are people. People used to hunt snow monkeys. Today the law protects the animals from hunting, but people have been cutting down the forests where the monkeys live.

Japanese macaques live in big groups. They spend time both on the ground and in trees, and they are excellent swimmers. The females give birth to one baby in spring or early summer.