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- Baboons is the common name applied to certain
large African monkeys and sometimes to the closely related gelada.
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- Powerful and aggressive animals about the
size of a large dog, baboons have strong,
elongated jaws; large cheek pouches in which they store food;
eyes that are close together; and pronounced brow ridges.
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- Most baboons are adapted to life on the ground.
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- Baboons can distinguish colours and have
a keen sense of smell. They have large, often brightly coloured,
hairless areas on their buttocks.
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- Baboons eat various worms, eggs, insects,
reptiles, crabs, molluscs, small mammals, fruits, and young shoots.
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- Baboons have several different calls, many
of which have specific meanings.
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- The largest of the baboons is the chacma
of southern Africa.
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