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A hero of Japanese primatology lost

Mito Koshima

Satsue Mito, the school teacher who worked with the pioneers of Japanese primatology at Koshima and was the first to observe the famous sweet potato washing behavior by a young female Japanese macaque named "Imo" (which means sweet potato in Japanese), passed away on April 7, 2012, at the age of 97. Click here for more information