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baboon

[ba-boon, buh-] / bæˈbun, bə- /
NOUN
ape
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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

"The possibility that T. rex might have been as intelligent as a baboon is fascinating and terrifying, with the potential to reinvent our view of the past," concluded Dr Darren Naish.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

In 1984 an infant known as Baby Fae received a baboon heart and lived for three weeks before her immune system rejected the organ.

From Scientific American Oct. 19, 2023

The courtly bow he attempted at his employer only made him seem more the baboon, but this formality gave Johnny one split second.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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

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

Goodall, in removing the barriers, raised primatology to new heights, opening the way for research on subjects ranging from political coalitions among baboons to the use of deception by an array of primates.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

A star-studded cast of Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn appear in the all-action clip, with Mescal seen facing off against rhinos and baboons.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2024

The songs are always by the same singers, like a couple of prehistoric baboons named Perry Como and Bing Crosby.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli




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