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360-DEGREE LIVES: Showman sleeps with monkeys to gain their trust at Nikko park
He knows his orphan monkeys ... Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is a little house where visitors can meet with the baby monkeys. One day last December, five Japanese macaques aged between 1 to 3 ...
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360-DEGREE LIVES: ‘Students’ monkey around in class at Nikko Saru Gundan
It is a typical scene at schools across Japan. But this classroom in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture ... “What is the sum of two plus three?” the handler asked the monkeys during an arithmetic ...
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Circus-like performances by snow monkeys in Japan contradict their long-revered status
In the earliest stage of sarumawashi (monkey performance) training, baby monkeys are taught to sit ... event in the indoor amphitheater at Japan’s Nikko Saru Gundan, a roadside attraction ...