A Yunnan snub-nosed monkey named Bailian, or White Face, was a superstar within his troop in Xiangguqing village, Yunnan province. Local people have many     1     (appeal) anecdotes about him.

The primate lived for 30 years,       2     is almost 90 human years. However, in October, Bailian was found dead in the wild.

In his prime (盛年),     3    a commanding male, he had a large family with four     4    (wife) and three offspring. However, in 2012, he was challenged and defeated by a younger, stronger monkey.

He     5     (replace) as one of the troop leaders, and all his family members left him,with one     6     (except). A female monkey, 10 years older than Bailian, stayed with him, and     7     male monkey took good care of her until she died in 2016.

Overwhelmed by grief, Bailian groomed her fur as usual and carried her body with him     8    he moved with the other monkeys in the troop. When forest rangers removed the decaying body, Bailian tried    9     (stop) them — baring his teeth and howling as if in great pain.

In 2019, he formed his second family, this time with a 6-year-old female, and     10     (father) an infant the following year.

However, his happiness was short-lived. In October 2020, Bailian broke his legs in a fight and lost his family once again. Rescued by forest rangers, he resumed his nomadic lifestyle until his death.