“溫泉猴”為何愛泡澡

Snow monkeys live in the country of Japan. Some of them live in very cold places. These monkeys love to take hot baths in hot springs13！ Do the monkeys hang out14 in hot water just to warm up？ It may also be to help with stress15. The monkeys have stress because it is hard to live in very cold places.

Scientists studied twelve female16 snow monkeys. They found that the monkeys take more baths when the weather is colder. The monkeys have less stress after they sit in hot water.

Snow monkeys live in groups. The group leaders take more baths than the other monkeys. They have to work to keep their top spots but the baths help them feel less stress.

日本雪猴非常有名，它們當(dāng)中的一部分生活在相當(dāng)寒冷的地區(qū)。這群猴子酷愛在溫泉中泡澡！它們成群結(jié)隊地泡澡，只是為了取暖嗎？泡澡可能有助于猴子們減輕壓力。畢竟，在酷寒中生存，哪里會沒有壓力。

研究人員對12只雌性雪猴進行了觀察。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)氣溫越低，母猴泡澡的頻率就越高。而在熱水中泡著，猴子們的壓力水平明顯下降。

雪猴是群居動物。地位較高的頭猴會在池水中泡得更久。要維護首領(lǐng)的地位，壓力自然不小，泡澡無疑是減壓良方。