Baboon (Papio)

Baboons! Who doesn't love baboons? They tend to be portrayed in a positive light by most of the worlds press.

We managed to see both olive baboons (Papio anubis) and yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus), though I found it hard to differentiate. Nearly constantly chewing on seeds when not up to something - they also hunt and eat birds, reptiles and small mammals - including the dik-dik!

There was always a member or two of the group that was ready for a bit of action - the pink, rather sore looking rears showing explicit interest - the results of which were very visible as you'll see in a later post.