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baboon

[ba-boon, buh-] / bæˈbun, bə- /
NOUN
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Local media outlets reported that those tracking it were armed with tranquiliser darts, while others were put on "baboon watch" shifts.

From BBC

Her lab studies obesity, diabetes, and other diseases in monkeys, baboons, rats, mice, and pigs.

From Science Magazine

“I do special effects costuming as well, and I was working on location in Mexico, babysitting some baboon costumes,” she recalls with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

For example, previous studies discovered that female chacma baboons with strong social bonds outlived their less social counterparts.

From Scientific American

And last year in Pringle Bay, a vacation spot outside Cape Town, troops of baboons terrorized visitors.

From New York Times