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
Lucius has a knack for showmanship, with moves he stole from Maximus, but he’s more feral, going tooth-to-tooth with a nasty baboon in a podunk ring outside the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
Thoth, the god of learning and wisdom was represented by a hamadryas baboon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
Whether you’re a human or an elephant, a baboon or a fish, adversity experienced early in life is often linked to negative effects on longevity and health in adulthood.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023
Nhamo’s new home was able to support a baboon troop, monkeys, and many kinds of antelope.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" 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
Female hamadryas baboons given hormonal contraception lived 29 percent longer, while castrated males lived 19 percent longer.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
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
Rumpy made her too nervous to enjoy sitting with the baboons anymore.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
