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Fun Fact Baboons Nature’s Omnivorous Survivors

Rob the Ranger shares a fun fact about baboons as nature’s clever omnivores. Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, domestic agencies Sylvester Stallone flashes jacked physique at 79 ...
NPR

New research shows sibling rivalry is also a phenomenon among chacma baboons

Sibling rivalry might not unique to humans. New scientific research shows that baboon siblings in southern Africa also feel jealousy toward each other. Sibling rivalry can be intense between young ...
Psychology Today

Baboons: Long-Term Research Reveals Who They Really Are

Baboons are remarkable animals. While they often are written off as unintelligent violently aggressive creatures and bear the brunt of uninformed slurs, nothing could be further from the truth about ...
CNN

German zoo kills 12 baboons that it didn’t have enough space to house, despite protests

BERLIN (AP) — A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group ...
The Conversation

Managing conflict between baboons and people: what’s worked – and what hasn’t

A chacma baboon and her baby in Cape Town, South Africa. Getty Images Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more ...
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Baboons and human fear - a deep history behind the cruel attacks

ENCOUNTERS between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often share stories of baboons raiding a kitchen and stealing all the food. And stories appear in the media ...
Nature

Who belongs in the city? Baboons, and the boundaries of urban life in Cape Town

I am an urban sustainability researcher studying how people live alongside wildlife in cities. Based in Cape Town and affiliated with Stellenbosch University, I work closely with researchers and ...