A female baboon monkey .... baboons are feeding on wine grapes in South Africa. Source: AFP
BABOONS are invading wine country, stealing savignon blanc grapes and threatening winemakers' produce.
The UK Telegraph reports that Groot Constantia, in the heart of Cape Town's wine country, can deal with inebriated holidaymakers - but it is invading baboons which have developed a taste for its grapes that the wine makers are struggling with.
Each day, dozens of Cape Baboons gather to strip the ancient vines – the sauvignon blanc grapes are a particular favourite – before heading into the mountains to sleep. A few, who sample fallen fruit that has fermented in the sun, pass out and don't make it home.
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