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00:00 With time, the Japanese models adapted to the extreme conditions of the seasons and deserved their nickname of "Snow Monkeys".
00:09 Today, the descendants of this ancestral tribe still roam the mountains in the center of Japan.
00:17 And this is where our story begins.
00:25 It's the beginning of winter in the Japanese Alps, but the temperatures are already well below zero.
00:31 Here, the volcanic hot springs feed the Yukoyo river, thus preventing it from freezing during the cold season.
00:41 The Japanese monkeys take advantage of the underground heat by blotting each other near the hydrothermal springs.
00:54 In the trees, families use each other to keep warm.
00:57 In the morning's icy air, no one seems in a hurry to get up. Well, almost.
01:07 Hiro is only 8 months old.
01:14 And while watching the young ones having fun, he can't wait to start the day too.
01:21 [Birds chirping]
01:23 Hiro and his friends are determined to wake up the rest of the group.
01:34 A size challenge in a family of this importance.
01:46 The group has 160 members, mainly females and their young.
01:51 Males usually leave the clan before reaching sexual maturity.
01:57 But sometimes some stay with the group, where they play the role of guardians.
02:03 [BLANK_AUDIO]