I visited the Minnesota Zoo in December and found snow monkeys up to snow monkey business. They eat snow on the move:
They sit in the snow:
| Note snowball |
They make snowballs:
They lift the flap, rather than push through, to go inside
I have a camera and I enjoy animals. Rather than hike into the wilderness, I photograph animals where they’re concentrated: In zoos.
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*in zoos
Spotted lantern fly, first instar, May 2026
I was in Minnesota in May, and the Minnesota Zoo has a troop of snow monkeys / Japanese macaques. There were at least two babies.
| A baby? |
| Yup. |
I first visited the Minnesota Zoo last December. My second visit was in June. It was midday, and there was a whole lot of resting and sleeping going on.
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| snow monkey |
| brown bear |
| wild boar |
| Amur leopard |
| pronghorn |
| bactrian camels |
| moose |
| caribou |