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baboon

[ba-boon, buh-] / bæˈbun, bə- /
NOUN
ape
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Cape Town’s real estate has a baboon problem.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Indeed, the Jane Goodall Institute now runs a longstanding baboon research project based partly on the fact that baboons are important chimpanzee prey.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025

“They were showing Ridley the baboon because it was an interesting anatomical structure,” Bakowski recalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

"The possibility that T. rex might have been as intelligent as a baboon is fascinating and terrifying, with the potential to reinvent our view of the past," concluded Dr Darren Naish.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

“They killed a goat and roasted its meat. ‘Do you know what would be really funny?’ suggested the chief baboon.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Living in nomadic groups, the men use handmade bows and arrows to hunt Cape buffalo, baboons and the rodent-like hyrax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

Other wild animals like elephants and baboons also feature in the new series, which is narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

In most mammal species, females live longer -- for example, female baboons and gorillas often surpass males in age.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2025

Indeed, the Jane Goodall Institute now runs a longstanding baboon research project based partly on the fact that baboons are important chimpanzee prey.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025

The people and the baboons would work together, all of them helping with the ploughing of the fields and the harvesting of the crops.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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