This macaque spreads its legs out to stretch - absent of any inhibition. KYOTO, JAPAN: THIS PHOTOGRAPHER spent four years finding Japan's cutest baby
This macaque spreads its legs out to stretch - absent of any inhibition. KYOTO, JAPAN: THIS PHOTOGRAPHER spent four years finding Japan's cutest baby monkeys. In one image, a two-pound baby Japanese macaque was captured holding its hand up towards its face as it glanced to the side in shock. In another, an adorable macaque dabbled in a spot of yoga as he stood on one leg with the help of a nearby branch. Photographer, Shigemoto Masanori (34), from Hyogo, Japan, has been travelling around the country for four years in search of the cutest Japanese macaque monkey. Shigemoto?s search came to an end when he visited the Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama in Kyoto. There, he stumbled across these adorable two-month old fellows. In addition to their striking facial resemblance, Japanese macaque monkeys have a number of other traits in common with humans. They are the only animal known to wash their food before they eat it. Japanese macaques play an important role in Buddhism and Hinduism as it?s believed that they may have descended from the Hindu figure, Rama. Although there are macaque hunters, the species has a stable population in Japan thanks to several protected national reserves. / @shige_monkeys
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