Monkey School: Class now in session

dynamitenews.com
China / 1 Feb 2016. In honor of the Chinese year of the Monkey, which begins from 8 February 2016 and ends on 27 January 2017, a new training school for monkeys has been established in eastern China. 

Around 30 Japanese macaques, also known as ‘snow monkeys’ have been admitted to the highly specialized school. 

The monkeys, originally from Japan, daily undergo physical and academic training, learning tricks and mathematics, multiplication and somersaults, performance and acting before they will be considered fully trained and eligible to join the entertainment industry. 

Apart from use in the entertainment industry, trained monkeys are used to remove birds’ nests from trees and other such activities.