Scotland monkey – reside: Macaque on the run in highlands after escaping wildlife park

Japanese macaques, additionally known as Japanese snow macaques or just snow monkeys, are discovered on three of the 4 major Japanese islands—Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and reside additional north than every other macaque species, based on the New England primate conservancy.

They have human-like bare faces and expressive eyes. They have cheek pouches for meals storage. In maturity, their faces and bottoms grow to be pink.

All macaques have opposable thumbs that they use to govern objects. They use all 4 limbs to get round (quadrupedal motion), but additionally stroll simply on their hind legs (bipedal) when holding one thing in each fingers.

A staff of zookeepers are patrolling Kingussie, Inverness, to seize and return the escaped monkey the Highland Wildlife Park.

Darren McGarry, head of residing collections at Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, stated: “A team of our charity’s expert keepers are patrolling the village today in order to locate and return the macaque that escaped yesterday.

“Although we don’t expect the monkey to be a threat to the public or pet animals, he should not be approached. We are doing everything we can to locate the macaque and are in talks with a drone company to help in this process.

“Locals are being encouraged to bring in any food that is kept outside, such as food waste bins and bird feeders to encourage the monkey to return to the park once he is hungry.”

A monkey is on the unfastened after escaping from a wildlife park in the Scottish Highlands.

The Japanese macaque discovered a manner out of its enclosure at Highland Wildlife Park close to Kingussie on Sunday morning.

The slippery simian, nicknamed Kingussie Kong, has been noticed nicking nuts from neighbour’s hen feeders earlier than giving zookeepers the runabout round the neighbourhood.