A simply stunning portrait by @michele_bavassano_photographer. The chacma baboon is one of five primate species present in Kruger National Park and despite its reputation of being a nuisance and pest across parts of Southern Africa, it is a complex and fascinating animal. Social hierarchies with dominant males and females, adoption of orphans by sub-adults, infanticide, troop movement and feeding on pretty much anything they can find (the word omnivorous could have been invented for baboons!) are all complex and only partially understood features of this animal. It balances the fight or flight dynamic too, being both skittish and aggressive with other animals and posing a real threat with its huge canine teeth. We’ve just added a new blog post with lots more more stories and photos from Kruger too - link via our profile above for those interested in more...! 👆🏻👆🏻 . We are building the KrugerExplorer App! It will be a beautiful wildlife field guide with detailed profiles and photos on 300+ animals plus a routes guide with over 70 of our favourite routes detailed with explanations on the landscape and what wildlife you might be able to see! The tech part of the project has taken longer than we’d hoped but we really want the App to be perfect and are hoping for a launch towards the end of June with a bit of luck. Lots more info on our website too (see above bio link) - please check it out! 👆🏻👆🏻 . Use #krugerexplorer to be featured. . @krugerexplorer #krugerexplorer #krugernationalpark #safari #africanwildlife #amazinganimals #fantasticbeasts #chacmababoon #baboon #primate #monkey #monkeybusiness #predator #hunter #omnivore #africansafari #intelligent #complicated #monkeys #thisissouthafrica (at Kruger National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxhh5i_gvWj/?igshid=1ceto30i98hpw
