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OriginalJapanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) grooming each other at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Yamanouchi.
Reason
Surprisingly, this is the only video we have of this behavior in primates and one of only three videos we have showing social grooming behavior in any animals. This was promoted at commons a few days ago.
Articles in which this image appears
Social grooming
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Frank Schulenburg

Promoted File:Japanmakaken im Jigokudani Monkey Park bei der Fellpflege.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:37, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]