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A Japanese macaque bathes in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains of Yamanouchi town, Nagano, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. About 160 macaques, known as "snow monkeys" inhabit the park.

A Japanese macaque grooms another while bathing at the hot spring pool of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains of Yamanouchi town, Nagano, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. About 160 macaques, known as "snow monkeys, " inhabit the park.

Eva Praskova, left, and her fiance Martin Vagra, both from the Czech Republic, and a Japanese macaque bathe at the outdoor "onsen, " or hot spring, of an inn in the mountains of Yamanouchi town, Nagano, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011.

Tourists watch Japanese macaques bathe in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains of Yamanouchi town, Nagano, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. About 160 macaques, known as "snow monkeys, " inhabit the park.

Japanese macaques bathe in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains of Yamanouchi town, Nagano, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. About 160 macaques, known as "snow monkeys, " inhabit the park.

A Japanese baby macaque suckles as those so-called "snow monkeys" bathe in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains in Yamanouchi town, Nagano, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. About 160 macaques inhabit the park.

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A Japanese macaque bathes in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains of Yamanouchi town, Nagano, central Japan, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. About 160 macaques, known as "snow monkeys" inhabit the park.

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