…..it’s all just a bit too much for a young baboon.
One of the best reference books on baboon behaviour was written by a well-known animal scientist called Shirley Strum. After years living with Olive baboons in Kenya, she compiled her findings into a very readable book called “Almost Human”. It’s a wonderful account of her life as one of the troop.
She carefully documents the ever-changing behaviour of individuals towards one another, trying to keep anthropomorphism to a minimum, but occasionally, she has to concede that they are astonishingly close to us.
