Baboon

[Alf]

Baboons are not that clever Lis

[Lisbeth]

Sometimes they surprise you but in this case, I think that you are right

[Richprins]

[Lisbeth]

HUMAN CUNNING PLUS LEOPARD FEROCITY



by
Team Africa Geographic



Towards the end of the 19th century, burgeoning industry and development saw railway lines spreading across South Africa – a network crisscrossing the country, despite the rumblings of war to come. Along the Port Elizabeth mainline, at the Uitenhage train station, a signal box worker was paid 20c and half a bottle of beer a week for the nine years that he worked for the railway before his death from tuberculosis in 1890. It was said that he never made a mistake during his employment by the railroad, which is particularly remarkable given that, while exceedingly diligent, he also happened to be a chacma baboon..........................

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[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
3:15pm
15 Chacma Baboon on the move
"one mama is carrying her dead baby"
Bravo Loop, 9.4km W of H12 Bridge
Near Skukuza
5/5
Tinged by Don - Love God's Creation
Image
3:41 PM · Nov 22, 2021

[Lisbeth]

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
4:45pm
1 baboon eating
H4-1, 8.8km E of H11
Near Skukuza
5/5
Tinged by Cheryl&Kassie + Bonnie&Gordon

[Lisbeth]

I wonder what it is

[Richprins]

Normally impala baby!

[Lisbeth]