This November marks sixty years since the arrival of Snowflake in Barcelona. Hunters sold the then-gorilla infant for 15,000 pesetas to the primatologist Jordi Sabater Pi, and he was transferred first to Ikunde, the center established a few kilometers from Bata (Equatorial Guinea) which supplied collections for various institutions linked to the Barcelona City Council, and then to the Catalan capital. He became an icon and an endearing figure, but behind it there are also some darker episodes linked to Spain's colonial past.

In the laboratory of Tomàs Marquès Bonet coexist all kinds of monkeys and primates. Some are human; others are made of Lego pieces, origami, wood, crochet, plastic, and hang among shelves and computers full of the code that contains the essence of life. From a corner, Floquet de Neu, a unique accident in nature, observes the scene, attentive, and concentrates, better than any scientific article, the story of its owner, this Icrea researcher, professor, and chair at Pompeu Fabra University.