‘Sweet 16’: Calgary Zoo celebrates Japanese macaque’s birthday

Calgary Zoo's Japanese macaque
The Calgary Zoo celebrates "Sachi" the Japanese macaque's 16th birthday. (Courtesy Twitter/@Calgaryzoo)

By Toula Mazloum

Posted May 13, 2023 3:37 pm.

The Calgary Zoo is celebrating Sachi the Japanese macaque’s birthday on Saturday.

The zoo took to Twitter to say “Wish Sachi a sweet 16!”

“We’re celebrating a Japanese macaque birthday today! ‘Sachi’ is turning 16!” reads the tweet.

Japanese macaques are also called snow monkeys — a terrestrial old-world monkey native to Japan.

Normally, they have brown or grey long, thick fur.

However, their faces and bottoms don’t have this fur and the males have whiskers and a beard, the zoo says.

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