Photo by Bj\u00f8rn Christian T\u00f8rrissen (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhen you think about monkey’s, you probably don’t picture them as being aggressive meat eaters, do you? Obviously, you are not picturing a Baboon since they will feed on a variety of items including birds, rodents and even young antelope and sheep. They aren’t strictly carnivores though and still enjoy a steady diet of fruit, bark, seeds and various grasses. I have said it before and I will say it again, a balanced diet is important.<\/p>\n
Baboon Fast Fact – <\/strong>I know I said I wasn’t going to pick a favourite Baboon to talk about but I am going to give a quick fact on the Baboon’s that live in the savanna. These particular monkey’s will form large troops that could consist of hundred’s of Baboon’s. These troops have a complex hierarchy that even baffles scientists. \u00a0I guess every family is complicated, no matter what species!<\/p>\nThanks for reading today’s post on the Baboon. I will see you tomorrow for the last fact of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am actually shocked today to learn that we have yet to explore the world of the Baboon. I have no idea how this amazing creature managed to slip all the way down to Wild Fact #482. Well, I guess that doesn’t matter anymore since today we are heading to Africa to observe the ever intriguing Baboon. The two most common Baboon’s found in Africa are the Yellow Baboon and the Olive Baboon, however there are others such as the Guinea and Chacma that all live in the savanna. There is even a Baboon that lives on cliffs called the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,715,2265,2263,2262,2264,2261,4025,2260],"yoast_head":"\n
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