Fuck Yeah Monkey

A Japanese Macaque (or Snow Monkey) settles into a hot spring in Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan.

First Winter by Ben Torode

animalworld:

RHESUS MACQUE or RHESUS MONKEY Mom and Baby (Macaca mulatta)

From the series “Clever Monkeys” on KUED.org

• The Rhesus Macaque, also called the Rhesus Monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys.
• It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and its tolerance of a broad range of habitats
• They are regular swimmers.
• Babies as young as a few days old can swim, and adults are known to swim over a half mile between islands, but are often found drowned in small groups where their drinking waters lie.
• Rhesus macaques are noted for their tendency to move from rural to urban areas, coming to rely on handouts or refuse from humans.
• They have become a pest in some areas, perceived as a possible risk to public health and safety.
• The Rhesus macaque is well known to science owing to its relatively easy upkeep in captivity, and has been used extensively in medical and biological research.
• It has given its name to the Rhesus factor, one of the elements of a person’s blood group (Rh Positive or Negative)

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhesus_Macaque

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Squirrel Monkeys Riding a Capybara

Red Titi Monkey

Nursing Japanese Macaque/Snow Monkey

DeBrazza Monkey & Baby

kristinhoppe:

He’s so fluffy, I could DIE.

landscapelifescape:

Young Japanese Macaque at Jigokudani hotspring in the mountains near Nagano, Honshu, Japan.

Smiling Punk by Harry Eggens

nationalgeographicmagazine:

Snow Monkeys
Photo and caption by Mary-Lou Emmert
Snow Monkeys bathing in the hot springs in Jigokudani Japan A person is simply awe-struck watching the monkeys going about their daily lives. The youngsters playing, the adults socializing and de-lousing one another. Resting, holding onto the sides of the pool.
Part of 2010 National Geographic Photography Contest Galleries | Nature Gallery—Week 8

A Baby Gorilla at the San Francisco Zoo. (via freevo)

A Hunuman Langur in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

Delhi authorities are to deploy a contingent of langurs — a large type of monkey — at Commonwealth Games venues to help chase away smaller simians from the sporting extravaganza.

From Wednesday, 10 langurs will be put on duty outside Games venues in the Indian capital, with the boxing and hockey stadiums seen as particularly vulnerable to monkey misbehaviour, an official said.

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has a regular team of 28 langurs which are used to scare away their weaker brethren in VIP areas of the city, but 10 more have been brought in from the neighbouring state of Rajasthan.

Four of them will be posted outside the boxing complex with their handlers, while another four will patrol the hockey complex. Two have been kept in reserve to respond in the event of an emergency.

Delhi deploys ‘super monkeys’ for Games security by Daily Nation.