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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! At dawn, dark mist cloaks the mountains, shrouding the impenetrable coniferous forest. We drive for hours along snaking, crumbling mountain roads. A wearied farmer passes in a half dismantled three-wheeled truck; exposed engine covered by

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