An interesting school project by Terry Smith This month we’re doing a project on unusual animals and my team got the Japanese Macaques, or as they are often called, snow monkeys. It was exciting to (23) ______out so much about them. These monkeys live at much lower temperatures than any other monkeys, feeding on a (24) ______ plants while trying hard to stay warm. But what makes them so strange is their ability to pass on new ideas to each other, something (25) ______ in a scientific study when a single snow monkey started washing her food in the ocean. Following this, after a few generations, every monkey was doing it. People who are (26) ______ in the Macaques often visit the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Jigokudani Valley, Japan. There the Macaques often have hot baths on a snowy winter’s day. Well, this is not part of their typical behaviour. They have once again copied a single snow monkey who decided to jump into the hot spring water back in 1963 on a(n) (27) ______ cold day. 23 find check hand carry 24 much few little many 25 located discovered invented designed 26 amazed curious excited interested 27 extreme frozen spring freezing help