baboon
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Indeed, the Jane Goodall Institute now runs a longstanding baboon research project based partly on the fact that baboons are important chimpanzee prey.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025
A few of Bischoff’s early taxidermy pieces are still on display, including a dog, which looks more like a cross between a wolf and a baboon, dating to the 1920s.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Comparisons of samples from the widely separated time periods are possible because the location of the different genetic variants of the baboon populations is very consistent over time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
"This young chacma baboon is sitting on its mother's back playing the fool."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
“I would never criticize our Spirit Medium,” said the elder who had told the baboon story, “but he has never been good at poetry.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Living in nomadic groups, the men use handmade bows and arrows to hunt Cape buffalo, baboons and the rodent-like hyrax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
In most mammal species, females live longer -- for example, female baboons and gorillas often surpass males in age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2025
Indeed, the Jane Goodall Institute now runs a longstanding baboon research project based partly on the fact that baboons are important chimpanzee prey.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025
Giraffes have roughly the same number of neurons that crows and baboons have, Holtz pointed out, but they don’t use tools or display complex social behavior in the way those species do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
It was going to be one of those restless nights with the baboons awake and the dassies foraging.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
