Snow monkeys david attenborough biography

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Nature Documentary narrated by David Attenborough and co-produced by BBC and PBS, broadcasted as part of BBC Natural World series in 2008 - English narration

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Just how smart are monkeys?

Japan's Jigokudani became a sensation when hot springs were constructed for the Hell Valley snow monkey troops.

Snow monkey troop led by Kuro-san, a young male still new to the job and something of a solitary grouch.

Snub-nose monkeys in China face a gruelling winter with little food and no shelter from the cold.

David catch up with his most evasive animal yet - "a wonderful creature" called the golden haired blue-faced snub-nosed snow monkey.

Home to the Snow Monkeys, the Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park is the only place in the world where you can see wild monkeys soaking in hot.

Their innate curiosity leads them to try new things, but it's their culture - the passing of information from one generation to the next - that teaches them much of what they know. Their young learn by reaching out with their hands to experience the world around them, grasping new objects, slowly piecing together an understanding of their society.

They learn from their families how to find food, communicate, recognize kin, even use tools, medicine, and language. It is these familiar actions that make monkeys so fascinating to humans. We can see ourselves in their faces, our nature in their actions.

Natural World travels around the world to visit some of these fascinating primate