Two adult male baboons fighting at very close range. The one on the left is giving a threat by staring and raising his eyebrows, perhaps also slapping the ground; the one on the right exhibits a ...

A Mwenezi man nearly lost his hands after a baboon chewed them during a fight in a field the man was guarding with his uncle ...

If you're going to be a high-ranking baboon and you are being threatened, can you at least take some control over the situation? Do you decide when the fight begins? Can you exert some control?

These are headed by older males and include the female mates of the leader. Male baboons regularly fight off members of other ...

Baboons, however, live their entire lives in close and continuous ... while the ranks of male juveniles depend more on their own size and fighting ability. For a wide range of primate species, the ...

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Raygun the baboon was killed at a school in Delmas, Mpumalanga. Picture: Facebook/Owl Rescue Centre There was a sigh of relief after a second baboon, spotted on his way to Pretoria, was captured ...

the number one males in baboon society are also some of the most stressed-out, as measured by their high levels of glucocorticoids, the hormones involved in the fight-or-flight response.

In the past two months, more than 10 people have been attacked and severely injured as these animals fight for survival. The new ‘hunters’ are baboons that are now giving Kenyans sleepless ...