Africa, not what you thought.
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Here’s my little one… see if you can tell which one he is…
Battled with the light and the movement, but liked the out come… could have been much better…
That’s great, except there’s no way I’ll show it to my kids or they’ll want monkeys too.. ;D
Nice shots Mike..
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Thanks guys…
Just to correct, and I would have made the same mistake, they are Baboons, baby ones, but Baboons nontheless… yip, like little monkeys, but with attitiude… one of the animals you don’t want to meet on a dark night…
Funny how those pics a tack sharp on the screen before they get resized, but are quite soft when done.
Ok, I actually recognized the baboons, which immediately brought to mind an article I read some time ago about how a baboon attacks a human.
Ok, I actually recognized the baboons, which immediately brought to mind an article I read some time ago about how a baboon attacks a human. If I remember right, the gist of it was that this nearly man-sized creature, with strength greater than the strongest NFL linebacker, simply latches on somewhere around the shoulders and then attempts to tear the human victim’s face off with its enormous, dog-like incisors. I recall the same article saying that baboons hunt in troops and that some troops are peaceful and specialize in vegetation and small game, while other troops are warlike and attack bigger animals like, oh, people.
Any truth to that? If so, will these stay tame as they grow?
Zach
hahahaha that really brings the ..aaaaahhhh…..that’s nice… moment to an end :). Intresting question though.
Ok, I actually recognized the baboons
Rub it in why don’t you.. :-[ 😀
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Ok, I actually recognized the baboons, which immediately brought to mind an article I read some time ago about how a baboon attacks a human. If I remember right, the gist of it was that this nearly man-sized creature, with strength greater than the strongest NFL linebacker, simply latches on somewhere around the shoulders and then attempts to tear the human victim’s face off with its enormous, dog-like incisors. I recall the same article saying that baboons hunt in troops and that some troops are peaceful and specialize in vegetation and small game, while other troops are warlike and attack bigger animals like, oh, people.
Any truth to that? If so, will these stay tame as they grow?
Zach
Some Zach… they are omnivorous and will eat what they can, normally vegetation, but will scavenge when it is available.
What you read was about the big, mostly alpha males, they can get a quite
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