Photo by Noneotuho (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLike other monkey’s the Japanese Macaque often lives in troops ranging in size from 20 to 30 individuals. \u00a0As usual they will have an Alpha male which leads the group by deciding where they are going to go, protecting the troop from predators (and other Macaque troops). \u00a0Oh and they are also the ones responsible for mating. \u00a0As you can see there is a lot of responsibility lying on the shoulders of these fearless Alpha leaders. Typically the social ranking for the rest of the troop is based on age and in some cases the social ranking of the young monkey’s mother – I guess it pays to have a cool mom if you are a Japanese Macaque.<\/p>\n
Japanese Macaque Fast Fact – <\/strong>Females are very picky when it comes time to select a mate. \u00a0The reason for this is the fact that they will not choose a male that they have mated with in the last few years. \u00a0No, they are not just exploring their options. This is actually an intelligent strategy to prevent interbreeding within the troop. \u00a0Clever little monkey’s aren’t they?<\/p>\nWell that does it for another week of Wild Facts. \u00a0I hope you enjoyed this free Friday Fact since you won’t be getting another one until Monday. \u00a0Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the free fact you have all been waiting for and I don’t think you will be disappointed. \u00a0Let’s face it, learning about a monkey is the best possible way we could end the week. \u00a0As you might guess, the Japanese Macaque is typically found in a variety of habitats throughout Japan. \u00a0This particular monkey is also referred to as the Snow Monkey, since they tend to live in the colder regions of the Country where they will have to contend with quite a bit of snowfall. \u00a0For some reason, I never picture monkey’s playing around in the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1973,1975,1893,1977,4025,333,1974,1976],"yoast_head":"\n
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