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A Japanese Macaque (or Snow Monkey) soaks in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

A Japanese Macaque (or Snow Monkey) soaks in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese macaque monkeys huddle together in a group to protect themselves against the cold weather at Awajishima Monkey Center on January 18, 2014 in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Low temperatures has hit across Japan with more heavy snowfall in February. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese macaque monkeys huddle together in a group to protect themselves against the cold weather at Awajishima Monkey Center on January 18, 2014 in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Low temperatures has hit across Japan with more heavy snowfall in February. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




A young Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkey) touches the camera lens as they gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

A young Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkey) touches the camera lens as they gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather on a water supply pipe for a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather on a water supply pipe for a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. The Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata), also referred to as Snow Monkeys, live freely in this area that is covered by snow one third of the year. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. The Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata), also referred to as Snow Monkeys, live freely in this area that is covered by snow one third of the year. Jigokudani is the only known place in the world where monkeys bathe in natural hot springs. As a habit, they come down from the mountains where they spend the night and bath during the day. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




Japanese Macaque monkeys with their baby monkeys jostle to shade from snowfall at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Japanese Macaque monkeys with their baby monkeys jostle to shade from snowfall at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




A Japanese Macaque monkey soaks in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

A Japanese Macaque monkey soaks in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




A Japanese monkey scatters snow from head as it soaks in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

A Japanese monkey scatters snow from head as it soaks in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan, 19 January 2014. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)




Japanese macaque monkeys, known as “snow monkeys”, take an open-air hot spring bath as snowflakes fall at the Jigokudani (death valley) Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on January 19, 2014. Some 160 of the monkeys inhabit the area and are a popular tourist draw. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP Photo)

Japanese macaque monkeys, known as “snow monkeys”, take an open-air hot spring bath as snowflakes fall at the Jigokudani (death valley) Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on January 19, 2014. Some 160 of the monkeys inhabit the area and are a popular tourist draw. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP Photo)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)




Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 20, 2014. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
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