Macaca fuscata

Posted 22 August 2016 by

Photograph by Dan Moore. Photography contest, finalist.
Macaca fuscata -- snow monkey, or Japanese macaque, mountains of Nagano, Japan, due west of Tokyo, March, 2016. These monkeys have adapted to the cold more than any other subspecies, and they have adapted to almost totally ignoring humans (which is good for photography).

8 Comments

CJColucci · 22 August 2016

Which one is former Senator George Allen?

Mike Elzinga · 22 August 2016

…and they have adapted to almost totally ignoring humans …

Yep; they ain’t descended from no human.

Alan Rice · 22 August 2016

This is a beautiful photo and the one I thought was going to win.

TomS · 22 August 2016

Alan Rice said: This is a beautiful photo and the one I thought was going to win.
How can one deny that they are our relatives?

Henry J · 23 August 2016

Re "How can one deny that they are our relatives? "

I dunno, but somebody will find a way!

Just Bob · 23 August 2016

Believe me, I would rather recognize them as relatives than one or two actual cousins that I could name.

Kevin B · 24 August 2016

Gosh. Two days posted and still no-one has asked
If we have macaques, why do we still have Creationists?

Marilyn · 24 August 2016

This picture should go on the front of at least the National Geographic magazine.