'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
A wild Japanese macaque caught in the rain at a nature park in Azumino, #Japan
Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
π§Έπ 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.
#biology #animals #japan #science #nature #macaques #primatology #evolution #ecology #monkeys #wildlife
Why Punchβs mom left him, seal pup shuts down street, shelter dog adopted after 803 days, and owl entourage.
https://cutetropolis.com/2026/03/05/links-punch-rolls-with-the-punches/ #Birds #Dogs #Macaques #Owls #Pups #Seals
The Mournful Ballad Of Punch The Monkey
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/the-mournful-ballad-of-punch-the-monkey
(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
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
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