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These Monkeys Are Having the Best Spa Day Ever

A Japanese Macaque - or Snow Monkey - soaks in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014.
A Japanese Macaque - or Snow Monkey - soaks in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014.Issei Kato—Reuters
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A Japanese Macaque - or Snow Monkey - soaks in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014.
A Japanese Macaque - or Snow Monkey - soaks in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014. Issei Kato—Reuters
Japanese Macaques - or Snow Monkeys - groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014.
Japanese Macaques - or Snow Monkeys - groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014. Issei Kato—Reuters
Japanese Macaques - or Snow Monkeys - groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014.
Japanese Macaques - or Snow Monkeys - groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, Jan. 20, 2014. Issei Kato—Reuters
Japanese macaque monkeys, known as "snow monkeys," take an open-air hot spring bath as snowflakes fall at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014.
Japanese macaque monkeys, known as "snow monkeys," take an open-air hot spring bath as snowflakes fall at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014. Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images
Japanese Macaque monkeys groom each other and relax in a hot spring at the Jigokudani, or Hell's Valley Monkey Park on Jan. 8, 2014 in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan.
Japanese Macaque monkeys groom each other and relax in a hot spring at the Jigokudani, or Hell's Valley Monkey Park on Jan. 8, 2014 in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. The Asahi Shimbun —Getty Images
A Japanese macaque monkey, known as a "snow monkey," takes an open-air hot spring bath while snowflakes fall at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014.
A Japanese macaque monkey, known as a "snow monkey," takes an open-air hot spring bath while snowflakes fall at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014. Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images
Japanese macaque monkeys, known as "snow monkeys," take an open-air hot spring bath at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014.
Japanese macaque monkeys, known as "snow monkeys," take an open-air hot spring bath at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on Jan. 19, 2014. Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images

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