Hey Guys, Max (the tour guide) here....
I was looking through some of Mom's photos again and came across this one.
What do you think...CUTE OR CUDDLY?
Well, let me tell you, they may look cute, but the BABOON should be respected! A baboon is a formidable animal. It has large canine teeth and has been known to challenge and chase off lions. It is, however, an extremely intelligent animal and very much part of our amazing heritage in this country.
In many of our parks, these creatures will come up to your car window to investigate. In certain of our parks in South Africa they have taken their chances and even reached into cars to grab items from inside the cars. This behaviour often results in them having to be shot to curb this trait. Sometimes they even get physically hurt by humans who try to stop this behaviour and then have to try and fend for themselves in a maimed condition.
This is an unfortunate problem and is often the result of human development encroaching on the baboon's environment. If you are interested in this creature, I encourage you to visit this website:
http://www.baboonmatters.org.za/baboons.html
That's my speech for today. I love you all!
mmmMAXxxxx
2 comments:
Um... idk about cuddly... they look kinda like a huge squeaky toy to me... they look like they'd be fast... sorta scared of them Maxdog...
Belly Girl
We don't know if we'd like to have those things around our neck of the woods. We have seen Animal Planet and they can jump on your house and throw things at you. What if they hit our momma on the head and she passed out. Who would fix our dinner☺
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