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Olive baboon

Papio anubis

Photo by Gina423
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Field Notes

Description:

Baboons congregated everywhere at the checkpoint entrance to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. They were quite used to being around people. This was arguably the alpha male of the group.

Habitat:

African savanna, Serengeti, Tanzania

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Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
Maybe he's the one been stealing my olives. :) Nice shot.

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PublishedMarch 18, 2013

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