'Bless you, macaques: Hay fever hits Japan's wild monkey parks'

'Wild Japanese macaques at observation facilities across Japan appear to be dealing with hay fever-like symptoms again this year, with some rubbing their eyes and noses or sneezing -- not unlike the humans watching them.'

'Staff hope visitors will feel a sense of empathy and kinship, finding common ground in the serious monkey business of spring allergies.'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260323/p2g/00m/0li/024000c

#Spring #Hayfever #Allergies #Macaques #Japan

A wild Japanese macaque caught in the rain at a nature park in Azumino, #Japan

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

#photography
#macaques

🧸🐒 Remember Punch the lonely #macaque? Scientists at the #Awajishima Monkey Center are tracking him to understand primate social hierarchies.

Their #research explains how maternal status and early bonds determine if a #monkey successfully integrates into the troop.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-has-punch-an-adorable-baby-monkey-struggled-to-fit-in-with-his-troop-scientists-explain-the-lives-of-japanese-macaques-180988297/

#biology #animals #japan #science #nature #macaques #primatology #evolution #ecology #monkeys #wildlife

Why Punch’s mom left him, seal pup shuts down street, shelter dog adopted after 803 days, and owl entourage.

The Mournful Ballad Of Punch The Monkey

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/the-mournful-ballad-of-punch-the-monkey

#macaques #Minneapolis

(scroll down or you'll miss the Minneapolis vid.)

https://www.glamour.com/story/what-the-internet-got-wrong-about-punch-the-viral-baby-monkey

A poor substitute

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, #Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

#photography
#macaques
#zoo

Antalya, Turkey
A baby rhesus macaque named Portakal, seized during a drug operation, is held by municipal staff as it undergoes a health check and rehabilitation at Antalya wildlife park.

Photograph: Suleyman Elcin/Anadolu/Getty Images

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#macaques