#awajishima — Public Fediverse posts

🧸🐒 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