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Leopard Kills Baboon , Saves Its Baby From Hyenas HD!
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BBC Natural World - Living with Baboons
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BBC Natural World - Living with Baboons

The wild Hamadryas Baboons of Ethiopia have a friend in biologist Mat Pines, they even pick the nits from his hair. He's been studying and living with them f...
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Baboon Attack!
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Baboon Attack!

Hungry baboons in Kenya's Lake Bogoria find themselves surrounded by a million unsuspecting — and unprotected — flamingos.
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Baboons kidnap and raise feral dogs as pets
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Baboons kidnap and raise feral dogs as pets

From the documentary "Animals Like Us"
  • published: 04 Aug 2011
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Lioness Takes a Baby Baboon From A Tree Top (African Safari Videos)
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Lioness Takes a Baby Baboon From A Tree Top (African Safari Videos)

This hungry tree climbing lioness makes it to the very tips of the branches of this tree, before grabbing a baby baboon and falling to the ground. The footag...
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Lion Baboon. Youngsters do the kill.
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Lion Baboon. Youngsters do the kill.

Mummy hunts baboon and leaves it to the youngsters to kill and eat. Botswana.
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Graphic content warning: Baboon eating gazelle alive
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http://www.earth-touch.com Warning: The footage in this video is not suitable for sensitive or young viewers. This HD nature video of a baboon eating a Thoms...
  • published: 01 Jun 2012
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Baboons Secret..water supply in africa HQ by jaandil7
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Baboons Secret..water supply in africa HQ by jaandil7

Humans in africa found a way to the secret water supply of the babboons documentary HQ by jaandil7.
  • published: 12 Jul 2012
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Leopard Kills Baboon , Saves Its Baby From Hyenas HD!
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Leopard Kills Baboon , Saves Its Baby From Hyenas HD!

Leopard Kills Baboon then Saves Its Baby From Hyenas! Amazing Video!
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Monkey Business with Bamboo the Baboon
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Monkey Business with Bamboo the Baboon

This is a story of Bamboo the Baboon, and how she lived with me for 7 days before finding her a better life. She is now at Abu Dhabi Wildlife Centre in the U...
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World's Deadliest - Lion Cubs vs. Baboon
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World's Deadliest - Lion Cubs vs. Baboon

World's Deadliest: Animal Battles : FRI DEC 28 at 10P et/pt : http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals It takes years of training to become a king of th...
  • published: 18 Dec 2012
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NATURE | Clever Monkeys | Baboon Hunts Baby Gazelle | PBS
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NATURE | Clever Monkeys | Baboon Hunts Baby Gazelle | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clever-monkeys/introduction/3946/?utm_source=youtube&utm;_medium=pbs&utm;_campaign=clever_monkeys When monkeys left the...
  • published: 05 Nov 2008
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Leopard Kills Hyena & Warthog & Baboon & İmpala
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Leopard Kills Hyena & Warthog & Baboon & İmpala

8 The beautiful leopard attack & Leopard Kills Hyena & Leopard vs Hyenas will watch with pleasure.
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Motsomi Safaris Bow hunting Baboon Peterson
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Motsomi Safaris Bow hunting Baboon Peterson

Bow hunting of Baboon with Motsomi Safaris in South Africa, for more info please visit www. motsomi.com.
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Baboon makes baby smack his ass

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BBC Natural World - Living with Baboons

The wild Hamadryas Baboons of Ethiopia have a friend in biologist Mat Pines, they even pick the nits from his hair. He's been studying and living with them f...

58:55
BBC Nat­u­ral World - Liv­ing with Ba­boons
The wild Hamadryas Ba­boons of Ethiopia have a friend in bi­ol­o­gist Mat Pines, they even pic...
pub­lished: 21 Jul 2012
2:38
Ba­boon At­tack!
Hun­gry ba­boons in Kenya's Lake Bo­go­ria find them­selves sur­round­ed by a mil­lion un­sus­pectin...
pub­lished: 03 May 2013
2:57
Ba­boons kid­nap and raise feral dogs as pets
From the doc­u­men­tary "An­i­mals Like Us"...
pub­lished: 04 Aug 2011
au­thor: Allie Sky­lar
4:51
Li­oness Takes a Baby Ba­boon From A Tree Top (African Sa­fari Videos)
This hun­gry tree climb­ing li­oness makes it to the very tips of the branch­es of this tree, ...
pub­lished: 08 May 2012
5:42
Lion Ba­boon. Young­sters do the kill.
Mummy hunts ba­boon and leaves it to the young­sters to kill and eat. Botswana....
pub­lished: 27 Apr 2013
2:47
Graph­ic con­tent warn­ing: Ba­boon eat­ing gazelle alive
http://​www.​earth-touch.​com Warn­ing: The footage in this video is not suit­able for sen­si­tiv...
pub­lished: 01 Jun 2012
au­thor: Earth Touch
4:45
Ba­boons Secret..​water sup­ply in africa HQ by jaandil7
Hu­mans in africa found a way to the se­cret water sup­ply of the bab­boons doc­u­men­tary HQ by ...
pub­lished: 12 Jul 2012
au­thor: jaan dil
4:39
Leop­ard Kills Ba­boon , Saves Its Baby From Hye­nas HD!
Leop­ard Kills Ba­boon then Saves Its Baby From Hye­nas! Amaz­ing Video!...
pub­lished: 25 Sep 2010
au­thor: MrDieID
9:22
Mon­key Busi­ness with Bam­boo the Ba­boon
This is a story of Bam­boo the Ba­boon, and how she lived with me for 7 days be­fore find­ing ...
pub­lished: 27 Apr 2013
au­thor: Chris Col­well
2:52
World's Dead­li­est - Lion Cubs vs. Ba­boon
World's Dead­li­est: An­i­mal Bat­tles : FRI DEC 28 at 10P et/pt : http://​animals.​nation­al­geogr...
pub­lished: 18 Dec 2012
3:47
NA­TURE | Clever Mon­keys | Ba­boon Hunts Baby Gazelle | PBS
http://​www.​pbs.​org/​wnet/​nature/​episodes/​clever-monkeys/​introduction/​3946/?​utm_​source=youtu...​
pub­lished: 05 Nov 2008
au­thor: PBS
11:40
Leop­ard Kills Hyena & Warthog & Ba­boon & İmpala
8 The beau­ti­ful leop­ard at­tack & Leop­ard Kills Hyena & Leop­ard vs Hye­nas will watch with p...
pub­lished: 26 May 2013
1:44
Mot­so­mi Sa­faris Bow hunt­ing Ba­boon Pe­ter­son
Bow hunt­ing of Ba­boon with Mot­so­mi Sa­faris in South Africa, for more info please visit www...
pub­lished: 09 Feb 2013
1:16
Ba­boon makes baby smack his ass
How to Ride a Seg­way - http://​youtu.​be/​gv-D08P-4PU....​
pub­lished: 20 Oct 2012
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Youtube results:
7:17
Leop­ard Slays Its Most Feared Enemy The Ba­boon
A par­tic­u­lar­ly poignant and un­ex­pect­ed chap­ter oc­curs as Legade­ma nears the cusp of adulth...
pub­lished: 13 Aug 2011
3:31
The Thirsty Ba­boon
How to find water when you have a mon­key avail­able to tor­ture, some salt and a tree to hid...
pub­lished: 16 May 2009
au­thor: skol56
1:58
Wild Dogs Ver­sus Ba­boons - 2 De­cem­ber 2012 - Lat­est Sight­ings
The pre­vous af­ter­noon at renos­terkop­pies on S114 these wild dogs made 3 kills. So we decid...
pub­lished: 04 Apr 2013
1:14
Leop­ard ap­pears to re­claim a ba­boon she has in­jured pre­vi­ous­ly!
Leop­ard at­tack­ing a ba­boon taken by Re­bec­ca Deck­myn, Brus­sels, Bel­gium....
pub­lished: 19 Aug 2012
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26 Oct 2013
After news broke Friday that the long-running show about three magical sisters would be returning as a CBS pilot, longtime star Alyssa Milano took to Twitter, expressing a lack of enthusiasm in the project. Milano, who played Phoebe Halliwell in the series, said it seemed to early for a Charmed reboot. “The thing about them doing a #charmed reboot is… it just… it feels like yesterday ... It feels too close ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
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File - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Haidu, United States Army Marksmanship Unit member from Phenix City, Ala., listens as ANA student-instructors explain why their target grouping is off and how to correct it during the Basic Rifle Marksmanship Instructor Course at Kabul Military Training Center, Afghanistan, Nov. 06, 2010.
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26 Oct 2013
An Afghan soldier has been killed at a military base in the capital Kabul, after shooting at international troops. The incident, which injured at least one foreign soldier, began after an argument, Nato officials said. It is the fourth such attack in a month. Last year, attacks by Afghan servicemen on their Nato colleagues accounted for around 15% of all international troop casualties ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)




Edit GQ Magazine
28 Oct 2013
more flaming outfits, more social revolution and some added After Earth-type carnivorous baboons ... The Hunger Games. Catching Fire is out on 21 November. Oliver Franklin ... ....(size: 0.8Kb)
Edit Lexington Herald-Leader
27 Oct 2013
Readers' views. Consider third parties as relief from political monkey business ... I just want to see some diversity and have a viable choice other than the two squabbling parties we have in Washington ... Now, more than ever, Americans must embrace the support of other political parties to ensure progress and cease relying upon only the Democrats and Republicans, whose fighting resembles that of two baboons struggling for the same peanut....(size: 8.5Kb)
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27 Oct 2013
Getty. File photo. WENATCHEE, Wash. -- WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Fire officials say a dog reaching for treats turned on a stove and started a fire causing smoke damage to an apartment in the central Washington city of Wenatchee ... ___ ... Space Alien Really A Baboon. This close-up of the head of the animal shown in the previous slide, was, according to a local veterinarian, a baby baboon photographed by park ranger Llewellyn Dixon ... 2011 ... 22, 2011 ... 5....(size: 19.2Kb)
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26 Oct 2013
Today is Saturday, Oct. 26, the 299th day of 2013. There are 66 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History.. On Oct. 26, 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph ... On this date. ... In 1881, the "Gunfight at the O.K ... In 1984, "Baby Fae," a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, Calif ... Ten years ago....(size: 4.8Kb)
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26 Oct 2013
A moose hunter in Norway found himself inadvertently pursuing a different type of game this week when an errant bullet missed its mark and broke through the wall of a nearby cabin ... However, other reports indicate the injury is serious ... Space Alien Really A Baboon. This close-up of the head of the animal shown in the previous slide, was, according to a local veterinarian, a baby baboon photographed by park ranger Llewellyn Dixon ... 2011 ... 5 ... ....(size: 19.7Kb)
Edit The Guardian
25 Oct 2013
This 60-mile trail through the Owen Stanley mountain range was a battleground between Australian and Japanese forces in the second world war ... The highest point is Mount Bellamy (2,250m). • kokodatrackauthority.org. These huge peaks and crags in northern Ethiopia are home to the walia ibex and gelada baboon ... • More information at guyshachar.com....(size: 1.7Kb)
Edit CounterPunch
25 Oct 2013
Dear Esteemed Brothers,. On the way back from my father’s village, I’ve decided to take time to think over topics connected to our common interests. News of your conquests in America first reached us here in the backwater like word of a distant storm ... My friends, I beg you. Listen well ... As my envoy travels toward the distant glow of the capital, I worry that your stratagem has all the glory of baboons stealing potatoes in the dark ... ....(size: 4.2Kb)
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25 Oct 2013
ESTHERVILLE, Iowa -- ESTHERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A squirrel roaming a community college in northern Iowa has become the No. 1 suspect in a vandalized bicycle incident ... The professor has since parked his bicycle indoors. ___. Information from ... Space Alien Really A Baboon. This close-up of the head of the animal shown in the previous slide, was, according to a local veterinarian, a baby baboon photographed by park ranger Llewellyn Dixon ... 2011 ... 5....(size: 19.3Kb)
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24 Oct 2013
Baboons probably make a good analog,” said Dr ... Baboons live across much of Africa, as well as the Middle East. From place to place, the baboons look different — so different, in fact, that scientists have split them into some half a dozen species ... These baboons have overlapping ranges, and where they come into contact, they regularly interbreed ... Some genes from one group of baboons can spread into another this way....(size: 9.1Kb)
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24 Oct 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa -- DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Animal control officers in Des Moines used a tranquilizer to capture a mysterious goat that had dived into traffic and was on the run for hours ... Authorities are now looking for her owner ... ___ ... Space Alien Really A Baboon. This close-up of the head of the animal shown in the previous slide, was, according to a local veterinarian, a baby baboon photographed by park ranger Llewellyn Dixon ... 2011 ... 5 ... ....(size: 19.2Kb)
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24 Oct 2013
Hollow’. Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesarts for arts and entertainment news. Arts Twitter List. Critics, Reporters and Editors. A sortable calendar of noteworthy cultural events in the New York region, selected by Times critics ... Ms ... Ms ... For Children ... The Prospect Park Zoo, in Brooklyn, will offer chats with zookeepers about bats; Halloween pumpkins for baboons; the Spooky Barn; and Wildlife Witch shows featuring animal guests ... ....(size: 32.8Kb)
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23 Oct 2013
To borrow a cliche, it is one industry where the monkey works and the baboon ......(size: 0.4Kb)
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21 Oct 2013
a chance to embrace, play, and cuddle with the newest additions at the zoo ... "My first year of actually being introduced to having an animal, we had a baby baboon named Piper, and after that, I was like, 'You know, we should let people see Piper.' So we start it, we put it on Facebook," said Amy Grimm of Hovatter's ... Customers were soon lining up to meet the baby giraffe, camel, baboon, wallabies, and now, the newest addition. lion cubs ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
Baboon[1]
Olive baboon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Papio
Erxleben, 1777
Type species
Simia hamadryas
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Papio hamadryas
Papio papio
Papio anubis
Papio cynocephalus
Papio ursinus

Synonyms
  • Chaeropitheus Gervais, 1839
  • Comopithecus J. A. Allen, 1925
  • Cynocephalus G. Cuvier and É. Geoffroy, 1795
  • Hamadryas Lesson, 1840 (non Hübner, 1804: preoccupied)

Baboons are African and Arabian Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominoid members of the primate order; only the mandrill and the drill are larger. Previously, the closely related gelada (genus Theropithecus) and the two species (mandrill and drill) of genus Mandrillus were grouped in the same genus, and these Old World monkeys are still often referred to as baboons in everyday speech. They range in size and weight depending on species. The Guinea baboon is 50 cm (20 inches) and weighs only 14 kg (30 lb) while the largest chacma baboon can be 120 cm (47 inches) and weigh 40 kg (90 lb).

Contents

Taxonomy and phylogeny[link]

Five species of Papio are commonly recognized, although there is some disagreement about whether they are really full species or subspecies. They are P. ursinus (chacma baboon, found in southern Africa), P. papio (western, red, or Guinea baboon, found in the far western Africa), P. hamadryas (hamadryas baboon, found in the Horn of Africa and south-western Arabia), P. anubis (olive baboon, found in the north-central African savanna) and P. cynocephalus (yellow baboon, found in south-central and eastern Africa). Many authors distinguish P. hamadryas as a full species, but regard all the others as subspecies of P. cynocephalus and refer to them collectively as "savanna baboons". This may not be helpful: it is based on the argument that the hamadryas baboon is behaviorally and physically distinct from other baboon species, and that this reflects a separate evolutionary history. However, recent morphological and genetic studies of papio show the hamadryas baboon to be more closely related to the northern baboon species (the Guinea and olive baboons) than to the southern species (the yellow and chacma baboons).[2][3][4]

The traditional 5-form classification probably under-represents the variation within Papio. Some commentators[5] argue that at least two more forms should be recognized, including the tiny Kinda baboon (P. cynocephalus kindae) from Zambia, DR Congo, and Angola, and the gray-footed baboon (P. ursinus griseipes) found in Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northern South Africa. However, current knowledge of the morphological, genetic, and behavioral diversity within Papio is too poor to make any final, comprehensive judgment on this matter.

There are 5 species of baboons in the genus Papio:[1]

Anatomy and physiology[link]

Face of Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)

All baboons have long dog-like muzzles; heavy, powerful jaws with sharp canine teeth; close-set eyes; thick fur except on their muzzle; a short tail; and rough spots on their protruding buttocks, called ischial callosities. These calluses are nerveless, hairless pads of skin that provide for the sitting comfort of the baboon.

In all baboon species there is pronounced sexual dimorphism, usually in size but also sometimes in colour or canine development. Males of the Hamadryas Baboon species also have a large white mane.

Behavior and ecology[link]

Baboon with mother, Lake Manayara National Park, Tanzania

Baboons are terrestrial (ground dwelling) and are found in open savannah, open woodland and hills across Africa. Their diet is omnivorous, but mostly herbivorous; yet they eat insects and occasionally prey on fish, shellfish, hares, birds, vervet monkeys, and small antelopes.[6] They are foragers and are active at irregular times throughout the day and night. They can raid human dwellings and in South Africa they have been known to prey on sheep and goats.

Their principal predators are humans, the lion, both the spotted and striped hyena and the leopard. They are however considered a difficult prey for the leopard, which is mostly a threat to young baboons. Large males will often confront them by flashing their eyelids, showing their teeth by yawning, making gestures, and chasing after the intruder/predator.

Baboons in captivity have been known to live up to 45 years, while in the wild their life expectancy is about 30 years.

Baboons are able to acquire orthographic processing skills, which form part of the ability to read.[7]

Social systems[link]

A troop of baboons.

Most baboons live in hierarchical troops. Group sizes vary between 5 to 250 animals (often about 50 or so), depending on specific circumstances, especially species and time of year. The structure within the troop varies considerably between hamadryas baboons and the remaining species, sometimes collectively referred to as savanna baboons. The hamadryas baboon often appear in very large groups composed of many smaller harems (one male with four or so females), to which females from elsewhere in the troop are recruited while they're still too young to breed. Other baboon species have a more promiscuous structure with a strict dominance hierarchy based on the matriline. The hamadryas baboon group will typically include a younger male, but he will not attempt to mate with the females unless the older male is removed.

Baboons can determine from vocal exchanges what the dominance relations are between individuals. When a confrontation occurs between different families or where a lower-ranking baboon takes the offensive, baboons show more interest in the exchange than exchanges between members of the same family or when a higher-ranking baboon takes the offensive. This is because confrontations between different families or rank challenges can have a wider impact on the whole troop than an internal conflict in a family or a baboon reinforcing its dominance.[8]

The collective noun for baboons is commonly troop[9], although flange and congress are also increasingly used. http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/baboon?cx=partner-pub-0939450753529744%3Av0qd01-tdlq&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=baboon&sa=Search#906 This unusual term originates from a Not the Nine O'Clock News comedy sketch entitled "Gerald The Intelligent Gorilla" where it was used for comic effect.[10]

In the harems of the hamadryas baboons, the males jealously guard their females, to the point of grabbing and biting the females when they wander too far away. Despite this, some males will raid harems for females. In such situations it often comes to aggressive fights by the males. Visual threats are usually accompanied by these aggressive fights. This would include a quick flashing of the eyelids accompanied by a yawn to show off the teeth. Some males succeed in taking a female from another's harem. This is called a "takeover". In many species, infant baboons are taken by the males as hostages during fights.

Mating and birth[link]

Baboon with its young. Lake Manayara National Park, Tanzania
Female sex skin swelling

Baboon mating behavior varies greatly depending on the social structure of the troop. In the mixed groups of savanna baboons, each male can mate with any female. The mating order among the males depends partially on their social ranking, and fights between males are not unusual. There are however more subtle possibilities; in mixed groups males sometimes try to win the friendship of females. To garner this friendship, they may help groom the female, help care for her young, or supply them with food. The probability is high that those young are their offspring. Some females clearly prefer such friendly males as mates. However, males will also take infants during fights in order to protect themselves from harm.

A female initiates mating by presenting her swollen rump to the male. But "presenting" can also be used as a submissive gesture and is observed in males as well. This submissive gesture has many unspoken meanings amongst the troop. The dominant males often engage in what is known as a false-mount, in which they mount the submissive males. It is a sign of dominance, and happens very commonly to younger males in the troop.

Females typically give birth every other year, usually to a single infant, after a six month gestation. The young baboon weighs approximately one kilogram and has a black epidermis when born. The females tend to be the primary caretaker of the young, although several females will share the duties for all of their offspring.

After about one year, the young animals are weaned. They reach sexual maturity in five to eight years. Baboon males leave their birth group, usually before they reach sexual maturity, whereas females are philopatric and stay in the same group their whole life.

Relationship with humans[link]

In Egyptian mythology, Babi was the deification of the hamadryas baboon and was therefore a sacred animal. It was known as the attendant of Thoth and so is also called the Sacred Baboon.

See also[link]

References[link]

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). "GENUS Papio". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 166–167. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100580. 
  2. ^ Newman TK, Jolly CJ, Rogers J (2004). "Mitochondrial phylogeny and systematics of baboons (Papio)". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 124 (1): 17–27. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.10340. PMID 15085544. 
  3. ^ Frost SR, Marcus LF, Bookstein FL, Reddy DP, Delson E (2003). "Cranial allometry, phylogeography, and systematics of large-bodied papionins (Primates:Cercopithecinae) inferred from geometric morphometric analysis of landmark data". Anatomical Record 275 (2): 1048–1072. DOI:10.1002/ar.a.10112. PMID 14613306. 
  4. ^ Wildman DE, Bergman TJ, al-Aghbari A, Sterner KN, Newman TK, Phillips-Conroy JE, Jolly CJ, Disotell TR (2004). "Mitochondrial evidence for the origin of hamadryas baboons.". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32 (1): 287–296. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.014. PMID 15186814. 
  5. ^ Jolly, CJ (1993). "Species, subspecies, and baboon systematics". In WH Kimbel and LB Martin, eds.. Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution. New York: Plenum Press. 
  6. ^ "AWF: Wildlife: Baboon". African Wildlife Foundation. http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/baboon. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  7. ^ Jonathan Grainger, Stéphane Dufau, Marie Montant, Johannes C. Ziegler, Joël Fagot (2012). "Orthographic processing in baboons (Papio papio)". Science 336 (6078): 245-248. DOI:10.1126/science.1218152. 
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Further reading[link]

  • Cheney, Dorothy L. / Seyfarth, Robert M. (2007): Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind. Chicago.

External links[link]

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Robert Maurice Sapolsky

Robert Sapolsky in 2009.
Born 1957
Residence United States
Nationality American
Fields Neurology, Neurobiology, Biological anthropology, Primatology
Institutions Stanford University
Alma mater Harvard University (B.A.)
Rockefeller University (Ph.D.)

Robert Maurice Sapolsky (born 1957) is an American scientist and author. He is currently Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a Research Associate at the National Museums of Kenya.[1]

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Early life and Education[link]

Sapolsky was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to immigrants from the Soviet Union. He was raised as an Orthodox Jew and spent his time reading about and imagining living with Silverback Gorillas. By age 12, he was writing fan letters to primatologists; he attended John Dewey High School and by that time, he was reading textbooks on the subject and teaching himself Swahili.[2]

In 1978, Sapolsky received his B.A. in biological anthropology summa cum laude from Harvard University.[3] He then went to Kenya to study the social behaviors of baboons in the wild; after which he returned to New York; studying at Rockefeller University, where he received his Ph.D. in Neuroendocrinology working in the lab of Bruce McEwen, a world-renowned endocrinologist.

Following Sapolsky's initial year-and-a-half field study in Africa he returned every summer for another twenty-five years to observe the same group of baboons,from the late 70s to the early 90s. He spent 8–10 hours a day for approximately four months each year recording the behaviors of these primates.[4]

Career[link]

Sapolsky is currently the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor at Stanford University, holding joint appointments in several departments, including Biological Sciences, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, and Neurosurgery.[5]

A neuroendocrinologist, he has focused his research on issues of stress and neuronal degeneration, as well as on the possibilities of gene therapy strategies for protecting susceptible neurons from disease. Currently, he is working on gene transfer techniques to strengthen neurons against the disabling effects of glucocorticoids. Sapolsky also spends time annually in Kenya studying a population of wild baboons in order to identify the sources of stress in their environment, and the relationship between personality and patterns of stress-related disease in these animals. More specifically, Sapolsky studies the cortisol levels between the alpha male and female and the subordinates to determine stress level. An early but still relevant example of his studies of olive baboons is to be found in his 1990 Scientific American article, "Stress in the Wild".[6]

Honors[link]

Sapolsky has received numerous honors and awards for his work, including the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship genius grant in 1987,[7] an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and the Klingenstein Fellowship in Neuroscience. He was also awarded the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award and the Young Investigator of the Year Awards from the Society for Neuroscience, the International Society for Psychoneuro-Endocrinology, and the Biological Psychiatry Society.

In 2007 he received the John P. McGovern Award for Behavioral Science, awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[8]

In 2008 he received Wonderfest's Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization.[9] In February 2010 Sapolsky was named to the Freedom From Religion Foundation's Honorary Board of distinguished achievers.[10]

See also[link]

Selected works[link]

Books[link]

Journal articles[link]

Courses[link]

  • Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science, a course by the Teaching Company in 2012. [11]
  • Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, a course by the Teaching Company in 2005.[12]
  • Stress and Your Body, a course by the Teaching Company in 2010.[13]
  • Human Behavioral Biology, Stanford University undergraduate biology course. See iTunesU. 2009.

References[link]

  1. ^ "Robert Sapolsky". http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/sapolsky.html. Retrieved 22 FEB 2009. 
  2. ^ Vaughan, Christopher. "Going Wild A biologist gets in touch with his inner primate.". Stanford Magazine. http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2001/novdec/features/sapolsky.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "About Robert Sapolsky: advancing our understanding of stress for decades". Stanford University. http://killerstress.stanford.edu/about-robert-sapolsky. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  4. ^ "Transcript of How I Write Conversation with Robert Sapolsky". Stanford University. http://www.stanford.edu/group/howiwrite/Transcripts/Sapolsky_transcript.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  5. ^ "Stanford Univ. detail of Prof. Sapolsky". http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Sapolsky. Retrieved 2007-07-27 
  6. ^ Sapolsky, Robert M. (1990). "Stress in the Wild". Scientific American, 262. 106–113
  7. ^ "MacArthur Fellows List - July 1987". http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142695/k.2A0E/Fellows_List__July_1987.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
  8. ^ "About AAAS: John McGovern Lecture". http://archives.aaas.org/awards.php?a_id=16. Retrieved 22 FEB 2009. 
  9. ^ "Sagan Prize Recipients". wonderfest.org. 2011 [last update]. http://wonderfest.org/sagan-prize/sagan-prize-recipients/. Retrieved September 10, 2011. 
  10. ^ "Honorary FFRF Board Announced". ffrf.org. http://ffrf.org/news/releases/honorary-ffrf-board-announced/. Retrieved February 15, 2010. 
  11. ^ Robert Sapolsky (2012). "Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science". The Teaching Company. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1686. Retrieved 2012-04-20. 
  12. ^ Robert Sapolsky (2005). "Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, 2nd edition". The Teaching Company. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1597. Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  13. ^ Robert Sapolsky (2010). "Stress and Your Body". The Teaching Company. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1585. Retrieved 2011-05-29. 

External links[link]

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Ohhh oooo!
The dance hall has to ram, the dance hall has to ram
It has to ram in a style and fashion
The nation has to jam, the nation has to jam
We gonna jam in a style and pattern
Because is I, Papa Winnie, on the microphone stand
The people doesn't know where I really come from
Me tall, me no short, me slim, me not fat
And everytime I rap, me say the crowd hear me say
You are my sunshine my only sunshine
You make me happy, when skies are gray
You never know, Dear, how much I love you
So please don't take my sunshine away
You are the woman, and I am the man
And everything we do, jah knows we do it real strong
We are just modeling up the dance hall, in a style and fashion
Me and my girl, her name is Liana
The talk of the town, is that we have two babies, twins
One of them fat and one of them slim
We call them Rootsie, Rootsie,
Rootsie and Boopsie, Rootsie, Rootsie, Rootsie and Boops
You are my sunshine...
Sufferation in the land, sufferation in the land
Killing all my natian Lord I can't understand
Famine in the land, tribulation getting strong
They always have a plan to fool we Africans
Creating war in the East
War in the West
War inthe North
And war inthe South
If love were a thing that money can buy
The rich man would live, and the poor man would die

Ohhh oooo!!!
The dance hall has to ram, the dance hall has to ram
It has to ram in a style and fashion
The nation has to jam, the nation has to jam
We gonna jam in a style and pattern
Because is I, Papa Winnie, on the microphone stand
The people doesn't know where I really come from
Me tall, me no short, me slim, me not fat
And everytime I rap, me say the crowd hear me say
You are my sunshine my only sunshine
You make me happy, when skies are gray
You never know, Dear, how much I love you
So please don't take my sunshine away
You are the woman, and I am the man
And everything we do, jah knows we do it real strong
We are just modeling up the dance hall, in a style and fashion
Me and my girl, her name is Liana
The talk of the town, is that we have two babies, twins
One of them fat and one of them slim
We call them Rootsie, Rootsie,
Rootsie and Boopsie, Rootsie, Rootsie, Rootsie and Boops
You are my sunshine...
Sufferation in the land, sufferation in the land
Killing all my natian Lord I can't understand
Famine in the land, tribulation getting strong
They always have a plan to fool we Africans
Creating war in the East
War in the West
War inthe North
And war inthe South
If love were a thing that money can buy
The rich man would live, and the poor man would die
You are my sunshine...

You make me feel so blue, oh baby
Believe me when I say, yeah yeah
I keep crying out for love
But the time is out for sure
I say you break my heart in two
I say you make me feel so blue
Always you try to slip away
You play the game er nfai r
Always you try to slow me down, so down
One step to my head
And I'II never forget
One step to my head
And I'II never never
One step...
Rumours in the street
You re beautiful and sweet, ah yeah
Anc! I've been watching your baby
For such a long long time
I say you...
One step...
You're the talk of the town, oh baby
You're theo~olest ancl the best
And no one knows your name, yeah
You're such a mistery
I say you...
One step...
Oh, oh, ok It's all upon you
Oh, oh, ok It's all upon you

I can't stop loving you
It's useless to say
So I just live my life
In dreams of yesterday
Those happy hours that we once knew
So long ago
Still make me blue
They say that time
Heals a broken heart
But time has stood still
Since we've been apart
I can't stop loving you
I've made up my mind
To live in memories
Of a lonesome time
I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I just live my life

Skip, skip, skip, skip /
skip, skip, skip ... /
Don't you bite the hands that feed you, no my brethren /
Don't you bite the hands that feed you /
Don't you burn the bridges them behind you, no my brethren /
Don't you burn the bridges them behind you /
'Cause if you burn down the bridges, that's the wrong thing to do/
If you do good today, it will surely live after you /
Don't you bite the hands that feed you, no my brethren /
Don'tyou bite the hands that feed you /
Skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip ... /
Remember the days of your great·aunt /
Remember the days of hunger /
Don't forget your roots and culture /
Remember your place of shelter /
'Cause if you deal with war, man ,you can't run far /
If you deal with drugs, you a go melt like fuss /
Don't you bite the hands that feed you, my brethren /
Don't you bite the hands that feed you, skip ... /
Don't you bite the hands that feed you, my brethren /
Don't you bite the hands that feed you /
Remember your roots and culture /
Remember your place of shelter /
Don't forget the days of your great-aunt /
Remember the days of hunger /
Because you never miss the water till the well runs dry /

Rain from the sky
Tears in your eyes
Put a little light in your heart
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Hush darling don't you cry
Face reality in this time
Sitting in the morning sun
watching all the birds go by
Oh how I wish I could fLy
Put your little hand in mine
There ain't no mountain
high enough
there ain't no mountain we
cannot climb
Bridge How many times I've seen
Tears coming from your blue eyes
Rain and tears are the same
but in the sun you got to play
the game
When you cry in winter time
you can pretend
it's nothing but the rain
In winter, spring summer, fall
All you got to do is call
There a rainbow at the end
of every storm
Both sign of love and me say
Both sign of Life
It's like a message coming straight
from above
Rain from the sky
Tears in your eyes
Cool cool runings I say
Tomorrow is another day
Put your troubles all away
Don't worry you are never alone
Bridge So give me an answer of love
I need an answer of love of love
Rain and tears are the same...
Rain and tears both are shown
for in my heart there never be the sun
When you cry in winter time
You can pretend it's nothing but the rain

All of my heart
Can I give you more than
All of my heart
I wanne be with you
All of my heart
You make me feel I love you
more and more
I don't wanne miss you
All of my heart
Can I give you more than
-All of my heart -
All of my heart
I wanne be with you
- All of my heart -
All of my heart
You make me feel I love you
more and more
- more and more -
I'll give you just all of my heart
of my heart
All of my heart
Of my heart
When the sunshine fills my hair
- we're walking in the sand -
I got to know Life can be paradise
We were walking on the beach
it's more than...affection
When I say "I love you"
How could I resist your smile
- When you are by my side -
No one else can ever take your place
Don't you feel the same way, too
I cannot live without you
We are made for each other
All of my heart...
Let me take you in my arms
- You belong to me -
My love is stronger than the universe
Two hearts are painted in the sand
Oh, life can be so easy
When you're by my side
Looking back you realised
- We're walking in the sand -
When you need me I will be around
Every single word you said
Is only like a promise of tomorrow
not only for one summer

Don't let the sadness put you down /
You better think of a song /
To lead you on I Make a brighter day /
When the darkness covers your heart /
Don't be afraid of the dark /
Open your heart/
You can make a brand new day/
Let the lovelight of your heart/
Let it shine for everyone /
And make a wish for a new day to come someday, new day /
Open your eyes /
For a brighter day /
And we know that, we know someday, new day /
Open your heart /
Sing it loud and clear because love is a song /
That we know, and we know that / When the evening starts tofall /
The yellow moon in the sky is shining so bright it shines for evoryone/
In the morning when I arise /
I see the sun on my right /
I'm feeling so high prepared for a brand new day /
Let the lovelight of your heart /
Let it shine for everyone /
Make a wish for a new day to come someday... /
Make a wish for a new day to come someday someday /
Make a wish for a new day to come someday, someday/
Make a wish for a new day to come /
For a brighter day, for a brighter day /
Make a wish for a newday to come someday /
Let the lovelight of your heart /
Let it shine for everyone /
And make a wish for a new day to come /

Naa Aaye Ho Naa Aayo Ge Na Phone Pe Bulaoge
Naa Sham Ki Karari Chai Labonse Yuh Pilaoge
Naa Aaye Ho Naa Aayo Ge Na Din Dhale Sataoge
Naa Ki Nasheli Bye Se Nind Me Jagaoge
Gaye Ho Tum Gaye Ho Kyun Hai Raat Baki Hai
Gaye Ho Tum Gaye Ho Kyun Sath Baki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Hum Tham Gaye Per Baat Baki Hai
Gaye Kyun To Jiyein Kyun
Naa Aaye Ho Naa Aayo Ge Na Dooriyaan Dhikhaoge
Naa Tham Ke Vo Josh Mein Yuh Hosh Se Udaoge
Naa Aaye Ho Naa Aayo Ge Na Ghut Usse Sunaoge
Naa Ruthe Ke Se Hone Mein Remote Ko Chupaoge
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun Ye Raat Baki Hai
Gaye Ho Kyun Sath Baki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Hum Tham Gaye Her Baat Baki Hai
Gaye Kyun To Jiyein Kyun
Aankh Bhi Tham Gayi Na Thaki Raat Bhi Na Bati
Na Kati Raat Ki Cher Ki Marthi
Nind Bhi Loot Gayi Jin Gayi
Raat Bhi Na Sahi Na Rahi Raat Ki Lajami
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun Ye Raat Baki Hai
Gaye Ho Kyun Sath Baki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Hum Tham Gaye Her Baat Baki Hai
Gaye Kyun To Jiyein Kyun 2 Jiyein Kyun
Naa Aaye Ho Naa Aayo Ge Na Phone Pe Bulaoge
Naa Sham Ki Karari Chai Labonse Yuh Churaoge