On top of the mountain, plus a short video.
Be ready for the Baboon troupe that lives here. Just look at that naughty face.
I like to post unusual stuff, and in this case, you will see how intelligent the young baboons are. Make no mistake, they are a naughty bunch, and I will show you tomorrow what they can get up to. I have never, in our marriage, heard my wife scream so loudly, but I digress and you will see what happened in tomorrow's baboon post.
Don't miss the short video that I made about the bin raider.
They live in the high rocks, somewhere on the mountain, and the locals are used to them. The fun starts when the tourists stop at the lookout spot to take landscape photos of the area below, where the sea meets the town, and of the surrounding mountains. Suddenly a baboon will appear, and they scatter for their cars.
The signpost at the right of the picture is the entrance to the lookout spot.
Did I tell you that he had a naughty face? Let's see what he does below.
Expertly, he opens the clasp of the bin.
Lifts the lid with a ballet stance:)
And then bingo! He was on top and in the bin.
Here is the short video to show you how he raids a bin.
If they are not naughty, then they play :)
Until the big boss arrives, then they all simmer down as if peanut butter couldn't melt in their mouths :)
We love to watch the baboons, as at times they can get really funny. Fast movers, when needs be, especially when they see the white van that the nature officers arrive in. The rest of the time, they are all rather languid. Beautiful beasts, and each of them taking care of their family members. I have never seen an outright fight between two baboons, and I hope that I will never see one, as when they get angry at another then a quick snap is all that it needs to put the aggressor in his or her place.
They are quite good at knowing the rank and file where they fit into the family. I will just hate the idea of that big leader charging down on me, but thus far, after a few times of seeing them, he seems to avoid humans. They know that people come to the lookout spot with food to eat and drinks, and they usually search for the leftovers. But somebody needs to talk to the dad, to give his children anti-littering lessons:)
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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Thank you kindly @scooger :)
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I thought it was fantastic how you were able to capture that ape-like creature with the wind ruffling its hair!
Thank you, and my thought was to show the strong wind in the video, instead of always only talking about the wind.
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Male baboons fighting, very ugly sight, exceptionally clever animal, best watched from a distance.
Nice sequence of events on your visit to the point. !LUV
Best is to respect them, and even close up, never to try and touch them. We had a chilling encounter with one during this photo shoot, and my plan is to show it in tomorrow's post.
Thank you milady, and glad that you liked the shots.
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Sweltering hot here again, brain cannot function, aircon battling to cope even though we hiding away. Baboons when out walking we give them right of way, have come to face some quite aggressive ones as well.
Did I not answer this? I thought that I had, but maybe I forgot to click on reply.
You are talking about brain cannot function, and yeah, it is a big issue for us lately. I simply cannot concentrate on anything!
One has to respect the baboons and never try to take selfies with one :)
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Oh dear, I am afraid of those baboons, unlike the monkeys who aren't so big and not quite as clever as the baboons! I hear they even break into homes in one of the towns in the Cape!
No need, as they almost seem to like my presence methinks. But I will not get too overconfident, as one has to be careful at all times. What I found is that if one ignores them, then they do likewise. It is however the naughty youngsters that one has to be worried about, as they can get up to all kinds of mischief. Once we saw some paragliders launching from there, and I saw the baboons passing right behind them, so I think that they are used to people. We also never feed them.
You are right, as they are always on a search for food, and it's a real problem when they enter houses. I know that cape nature, or some department runs a baboon management project, and I think that they take care of them. After all, it is the baboons territory and they were there first.
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Some of the tourists are so irresponsible by feeding them and the monkeys too. Yes, and their territories are getting smaller with so many new housing developments.
A problem, as there is a big signboard that states "Don't Feed the Baboons". An age old story about mankind destroying the wildlife territories, and maybe one day, the wildlife will only be seen in nature reserves. So sad.
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Thank you for the compliments and I try to keep my posts as comprehensive and interesting as possible, not that I am an expert in anything, but it helps me to get by.
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Wishing you also success and blessings :)
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How funny! We most certainly don't have any baboons here in California, nor monkeys of any kind. Except the human variety... lol
They do have some in Florida that were once pets but have become a wild population that can be pests. Then again Florida has a huge problem with invasive species including pythons, anacondas, and snake head fish. The monkeys are the most entertaining of the bunch!
Those baboons aren't dummies, and know how to find those human leftovers. What smart and funny animals! People really do need to clean up their trash better around the world. Here in wild areas it attracts bears which you don't want around people. They can be very unpredictable like the alpha baboon!
It is great news that no-one has relocated baboons in California, and we are also having big problems with invasives, such as the Borer Beetles that destroy our old oak trees. Then we have a foreign algae that invade our dams and rivers, and at times an entire dam's surface looks like a green carpet.
Yeah, the baboons are indeed very smart, and we love to watch their actions. They can get up to funny things, especially the young ones. Litter is a plaque, and it's also bad here, even if there are no littering signs all over. Bears and the alpha baboons are very dangerous customers, and it seems that we have very similar problems in our countries.
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Oh!! That’s so cute!! Monkeys are very fun, id love to see them like that, in a free environment.
Yes they are cute, and full of fun. One must just be careful of them, as they are wild and can bite very sore. We are glad that they are not in cages.
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