The Macaque monkey (pronounced "ma-kack") is the name for Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca, related to mangabeys, mandrills, and baboons. All but one of the 19 species are found in Asia from Afghanistan to Japan, the Philippines, and Borneo. Macaques can be slight, with very long tails, or stocky, with short limbs and a short tail or, in a few species, no tail. They are highly intelligent and display a great variety of calls and facial expressions. [The Columbia Encyclopedia]

The Macaque monkeys at the Animal Resource Center are currently infected with herpes virus. We were unable to get any closer then to simply look into the room from afar due to risk of infection. Unfortuanately, we don't know very much about the experiment, as it does not appear to be funded by NIH, as is therefore not on the CRISP database.

What we do know is that the Macaque monkeys are very lonely in the ARC. Watching the video of the encounter, seeing the monkey look at us, careen his head to one side to see us better... this creature has a mind, has intelligence. The eyes tell a lot.