Baboons in leadwood trees
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13 Dec, 2007
Alert males keep watch, while others play and rest in the treetops.
Around mid-morning, here in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, we came across a troop of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) sitting in a copse of leadwood trees.
Baboons will roost in trees at night for safety from nocturnal predators, but to see them all in trees at this time of day is unusual. They seemed relaxed, however.
The dominant males had positioned themselves on the periphery and were clearly more alert than the rest.
The rest of the troop was nestled into the trees between the males. There were a number of females holding their young protectively to their chests. As always, there were boisterous youngsters climbing around energetically and looking at us inquisitively.
We edged closer to see whether there was a predator around. The baboons decided to vacate the tree and moved away from us.
– by Graham Springer, Earth-Touch crew © Earth-Touch
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Country: Botswana
Habitat: Rivers, Lakes and Wetlands, Okavango Delta
Location: Okavango Delta
Tags: Leadwood, Tree, Roost, Predator, Dominant, Male, Alert, Female, Young, Elephant, Baboon, Mammals, Vertebrates, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa, Rivers, Lakes and Wetlands
Comments
subscribe to commentsriaanp
said on 08 Jan, 2008
I just love the fact that they seem to always move frantically and then all of a sudden stop, sit and stick out an arm or a leg to keep them upright. Amusing creatures... : )
Lotherien
said on 25 Dec, 2007
I don't really find baboons to be all that ugly, sure their butts sort of stand out on their own...
