I walked yesterday to the Snow Monkeys Park and could see picture of the boss of Monkeys tied with black ribbon in the souvenir shop.

Yes, the boss suddenly died 6.Nov 09. The reason is "blood poisoning"

He took over power just one year ago in Nov 2008, after big and not very long fiting with the previous boss.
Very interesting is, that the looser mostly leave the troop, but this time he stayed and lived together.

There are few unanswered questions now, why he stayed after he lost...
Did he like soaking in hot spring so much ?
Did he know he will be back again?
Has he have everything under control till now, although he didnt have enough power in the fight?

Anyways, previous boss is very lucky, he is on the top of Snow Monkey troop second time without any scratch :)
 

                                              
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