The image :IMG_0773,was captured near Shingwedzi in the Kruger National Park, South Africa on 15.09.16 Baboons are primates comprising the genus Papio, one of the 23 genera of Old World monkeys.There are five species of baboons, commonly known as hamadryas baboon, Guinea baboon, olive baboon, yellow baboon and chacma baboon. This photo is of a Chacma Baboon and is one of the largest of all monkeys. Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviors, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pairings. These behaviors form parts of a complex evolutionary ecology. In general, the species is not threatened, but human population pressure has increased contact between humans and baboons. Hunting, trapping, and accidents kill or remove many baboons from the wild, thereby reducing baboon numbers and disrupting their social structure.They are all native to Africa and the hamadryas baboon is also native to part of the Arabian Peninsula. info: www.wikipedia.org

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