Vigilance was the most common context for bipedal behaviour in chacma baboons
Researchers recorded 231 bipedal bouts in wild chacma baboons in Gorongosa. Vigilance was the most common context, while…
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Intense vigilance was the behavioural response most closely linked to human disturbance in Garden Route baboons
Three Cape chacma baboon troops showed similar overall activity budgets across a human-disturbance gradient, but intense vigilance was…
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Chacma baboons deposited more seeds in the dry season, and seedlings emerged from defecated seeds
Researchers recovered 23,132 seeds from 240 chacma-baboon scats in Suikerbosrand, with more seeds deposited in the dry season…
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Camera traps found no evidence that baboons avoided sites for days after predators passed
Across four savanna sites, camera traps showed no clear decrease in baboon detections during the 72 hours after…
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Chacma Baboons Ate 13 Different Fungi Across All Seasons in Nature’s Valley
A 23-month study of free-ranging chacma baboons in Nature’s Valley recorded 13 different fungi in their diet, including…
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Severe Baboon Bark Stripping Reduced Annual Pine Diameter Growth from About 1.3 to 1.0 cm
Monitoring of 23,928 pine trees in Mpumalanga found that severe chacma-baboon bark stripping reduced annual diameter growth from…
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Court Ruling Clears the Way for Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Plan
A February 2026 court ruling allowed SANParks, CapeNature and the City of Cape Town to continue implementing their…
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