Snow monkeys in Jigokudani Onsen, Yudanaka, Nagano, Japan

[MissTRiver]

What a beautiful scene. I went to see these snow monkeys this year and finally got around to posting a video. It looks like you got much better weather than I did. Lucky. :)

[brianutube]

not bad

[dreamfactoryuk]

A joy to see this footage, seems to me, could it be that evolution took two opposite forked paths - one of them - us - adapted believing in a basic fear of survival and the forgetting in the abundance of nature. While the other adapted despite the fear of survival and learned to happily co-exist in nature.

So maybe our cousins are there to show us that we can actually relax, to trust in each other and in life that it will offer us a blissful state of being if we let it.

[monadressepoubelle]

@dreamfactoryuk Yes, definitely, and having to wait several months until it is not so cold outside that our only way of feeling warmth would be to bath in an onsen. Oh, you just forgot to mention the diet of leaves in winter, until some worms and spiders can be caught in spring.

Other ideas for improving our way of life, genius?

[stanburdman]

I want to be a monkey...MAN. Just hanging out on a crisp mountain top in a hot spring.

[Heriopasu]

To these guys bite? I wanna play with them.

[sorakairi1993]

me too!

but unfortunately, all monkeys bite...

[cornguy]

while we work all day, they live in hot tubs, and WE'RE the smart ones.

[thefunkz]

Did you just compare yourself to a monkey? How sad.

[rakugajon]

Hopefully will be visiting this in 3 weeks! Cheers for sharing :)

[Millennia0]

I love Japanese snow monkeys! I've only seen them at the zoo in New York.

[nowaki77]

great! thanks for posting

[towelieSP36]

THAT PLACE STINKS LIKE EGG.

[magicalfantasy]

wow! this is the best video on japanese snow monkeys! thank you