Monkey battles to become first female ‘boss’ at Japanese zoo

Humans aren’t the only primates touting feminism.

A 9-year-old female macaque at a nature reserve in Japan has taken over her troop of 677 monkeys, Mainichi Japan reported on Monday. Yakei, at the Takasakiyama Zoological Garden in Oita city, began her meteoric rise to top banana in the spring after roughing up her own mom, Bikei, in a bid for alpha female — the best status most female simians could hope for.