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Living at an elevation of up to 4700 metres, the endangered Black Snub-nosed Monkey is a species shrouded in mystery. I travelled to the remote mountains of the Tibetan Plateau to follow in the footsteps of their guardian, in his 70th year! For centuries, the Black Snub-nosed Monkey remained a myth. A spirit inhabiting the remote mountains of the Tibetan Plateau. Living at elevations higher than any other non-human primate on Earth, official sightings were once almost unheard

How the most successful primate became one of humankind’s greatest victims. For the more formal 1,300 word article, click here No other primate can boast a geographic reach as vast as that of the human. There is, however, one with an extraordinary territory that spans from the hostile mountains of Afghanistan to the lush forests of Thailand. This resourceful Old-World monkey is the Rhesus Macaque. Rhesus Macaques, alongside Long-tailed Macaques and Marmosets, are the non-huma