(Animals) Japanese monkey challenges the males of her pack to be the new leader

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The unusual case occurred in a nature reserve in Japan founded 70 years ago

A nine-year-old macaque female dared to do what many human societies have not yet experienced: Destroy a patriarchal regime.
In a report published by The New York Times, it is detailed how the risky ape named Yakei, made fists and aggressive fights to occupy the throne and win the respect of 677 monkeys that live in the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden, founded in the year 1952 in southern Japan.

Faced with this extremely rare event, scientists and workers at the reserve were amazed and closely follow the event that occurs for the first time after 70 years of having founded the natural reservoir.

    “While many animals, including bees, hyenas, and elephants, live in female-led societies, a hostile takeover by a female monkey “is very rare in Japanese macaque society, and only a few have been reported. cases in the history of primatology,” said Yu Kaigaishi, a researcher at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

The Japanese macaque, also known as the snow monkey, is a highly intelligent species native to Japan. He is known for his fiery red butt and his fondness for soaking in hot springs.
Yeiko had been planning her reign for almost a year.

Since last April, Yeiko had been dissatisfied with the position she occupied in her herd. To stand out was her goal, for this she used violence and cunning: First beating her mother to stay in first place among the females of her group and later her defiant attitude was felt by the strongest and most dominant males of the clan. .

    “According to reserve workers, Yakei assaulted three high-ranking males and then went after Nanchu, who had led the troop for five years. At 31 years old, Nanchu is an old man among the Japanese macaques and in the end he could not defeat a young and determined Yakei.

Japanese macaque society rests on a strict hierarchy. The higher the rank of a particular monkey, the more access it will have to food, mates, and places to rest. Females inherit the rank just below that of their mothers and rarely leave the herd they were born into. Males leave their natal troop when they reach puberty and join a new pack, where their rank is often determined by the amount of time they have been in the pack. However, in some cases, advancement in the hierarchy can be achieved through acts of violence, usually between males.
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