Baboon
noun
A large monkey that lives in Africa and Asia, known for its size, strength, and long, pointy face similar to a dog's.
The baboon climbed to the top of the tree to avoid the leopard.
Often appears as...
- baboon troop
- baboon on the loose
noun
A large monkey that lives in Africa and Asia, known for its size, strength, and long, pointy face similar to a dog's.
The baboon climbed to the top of the tree to avoid the leopard.
Often appears as...
- baboon troop
- baboon on the loose
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Pro Tip 1/3Animal Comparison
Baboons are often compared to dogs due to their facial structure, not just any monkey.
His expression reminded me of a baboon, with its distinctive dog-like snout.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Creatures
Baboons live in groups, so mentioning them alone might be unnatural unless context explains it.
I saw a baboon separated from its troop, looking anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Habitat Awareness
Baboons are not from just anywhere; they're typically African or Asian, a fact to use in geographic references.
Baboons can often be found creating a racket in the African savannah.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Comparison
Baboons are often compared to dogs due to their facial structure, not just any monkey.
His expression reminded me of a baboon, with its distinctive dog-like snout.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Creatures
Baboons live in groups, so mentioning them alone might be unnatural unless context explains it.
I saw a baboon separated from its troop, looking anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Habitat Awareness
Baboons are not from just anywhere; they're typically African or Asian, a fact to use in geographic references.
Baboons can often be found creating a racket in the African savannah.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Comparison
Baboons are often compared to dogs due to their facial structure, not just any monkey.
His expression reminded me of a baboon, with its distinctive dog-like snout.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Creatures
Baboons live in groups, so mentioning them alone might be unnatural unless context explains it.
I saw a baboon separated from its troop, looking anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Habitat Awareness
Baboons are not from just anywhere; they're typically African or Asian, a fact to use in geographic references.
Baboons can often be found creating a racket in the African savannah.
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How photography connects...
up to a point this is a serval cat he's actually taking his own picture shot with what's called a camera trap there's an infrared beam that's cutting across and he stepped into the beam and taken his photograph these are baboons at a watering hole Nick or the camera again an automatic camera took thousands of
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Fatal Encounter with...
It's pretty grim, not the sort of thing you can show on any screen. The baboon slowly ate the baby alive as it bleated for its mother, and that's the image and memory I have. In the space of maybe 5 minutes I witness the full, gruesome circle of life.
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Infrared Footage of...
explorers have mapped over six miles of massive tunnels beneath this single lava flow but humans weren't the first creatures to discover this hidden world as dusk creeps up the flanks of Mount Suez what a troop of baboons is gathering for the night
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The dangerous evolution...
and subsequent daughter viruses has been shown to be as much as five percent. This is the equivalent of a gorilla giving birth to a chimpanzee, then to an orangutan, then to a baboon, then to any random great ape within its lifetime.
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Big-Haired Baboons PIPE...
geladas grow these maids gelada baboons like this one may have inspired the phrase nitpicking although why the phrase is nitpicking as opposed to nit picking and eating is unclear the gelada form larger groups than other species of
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The science of...
with a grunt that is baboon for I come in peace what said the scientists it got them thinking about social relationships differently and asking what would push a grumpy baboon to seek them out
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Keeping the Baboons on...
it's to keep them busy throughout the day and make their behavior a bit more natural these baboons spend a lot of time in the world picking for roots digging for roots and things like that
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Gelada Baboons PIPE...
is nitpicking as opposed to nitpicking and eating is unclear the gelada form larger groups than other species of primate at times bands of up to 600 baboons raised like herds of cattle on
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Baboon Attack! PIPE...
can't help but take notice of the sheer numbers of new arrivals some baboons have never seen this many flamingos before
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Baboon Parenting PIPE Wild...
the deans real-life cheeky monkeys baboons are boisterous playful characters with personality to spare
Video examples
How photography connects...
up to a point this is a serval cat he's actually taking his own picture shot with what's called a camera trap there's an infrared beam that's cutting across and he stepped into the beam and taken his photograph these are baboons at a watering hole Nick or the camera again an automatic camera took thousands of
Video examples
Fatal Encounter with...
It's pretty grim, not the sort of thing you can show on any screen. The baboon slowly ate the baby alive as it bleated for its mother, and that's the image and memory I have. In the space of maybe 5 minutes I witness the full, gruesome circle of life.
Video examples
Infrared Footage of...
explorers have mapped over six miles of massive tunnels beneath this single lava flow but humans weren't the first creatures to discover this hidden world as dusk creeps up the flanks of Mount Suez what a troop of baboons is gathering for the night
Video examples
The dangerous evolution...
and subsequent daughter viruses has been shown to be as much as five percent. This is the equivalent of a gorilla giving birth to a chimpanzee, then to an orangutan, then to a baboon, then to any random great ape within its lifetime.
Video examples
Big-Haired Baboons PIPE...
geladas grow these maids gelada baboons like this one may have inspired the phrase nitpicking although why the phrase is nitpicking as opposed to nit picking and eating is unclear the gelada form larger groups than other species of
Video examples
The science of...
with a grunt that is baboon for I come in peace what said the scientists it got them thinking about social relationships differently and asking what would push a grumpy baboon to seek them out
Video examples
Keeping the Baboons on...
it's to keep them busy throughout the day and make their behavior a bit more natural these baboons spend a lot of time in the world picking for roots digging for roots and things like that
Video examples
Gelada Baboons PIPE...
is nitpicking as opposed to nitpicking and eating is unclear the gelada form larger groups than other species of primate at times bands of up to 600 baboons raised like herds of cattle on
Video examples
Baboon Attack! PIPE...
can't help but take notice of the sheer numbers of new arrivals some baboons have never seen this many flamingos before
Video examples
Baboon Parenting PIPE Wild...
the deans real-life cheeky monkeys baboons are boisterous playful characters with personality to spare
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Thomas McGuane
American Author
Summertime in Montana, I become a monosyllabic baboon. I want to ride with the cowboys, go to brandings, doctor cattle, and train my horses. But in a few months, the snow starts to fly. The days become shorter; the yellow color of interior light becomes delicious. I look at my shelves, and every book just glows, and I want to be inside of that.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
Do I get grief for the fact that in communicating, say, about the baboons I'm doing so much anthropomorphizing? One hopes that the parts that are blatantly ridiculous will be perceived as such. I've nonetheless been stunned by some of my more humorless colleagues - to see that they were not capable of recognizing that.
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Cressida Bonas
English Actress
It was on a trip to Africa with my family - I was eight - and an angry baboon jumped through the window of our parked car. As my siblings escaped, my foot got stuck in the seat. I froze and watched it steal the whole contents of our car around me.
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Mel Giedroyc
English Entertainer
My problem with present buying is usually lack of time. Not because I'm super-busy, I'm just super-lazy. I leave everything to the last minute and end up running up and down the high street on Christmas Eve like a crazed baboon.
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Ann Coulter
American Journalist
If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics compared Lincoln to an ape; they called him an illiterate baboon.
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Noel Fielding
English Comedian
I bought two sculptures of two baboons called Lord and Lady Muck on an antique piece of furniture from an art exhibition, and it was quite expensive. It was very expensive, actually - way too expensive.
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Emanuel Cleaver
American Politician
I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
Baboons take a bit of getting to know but, apparently, once you break the ice, so to speak, they are complex and interesting creatures with elaborate societies.
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T. Boone Pickens
American Businessman
Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
Baboons have the exact physiology as humans do. They also get the same stress-related illnesses, such as ulcers and heart disease.
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Thomas McGuane
American Author
Summertime in Montana, I become a monosyllabic baboon. I want to ride with the cowboys, go to brandings, doctor cattle, and train my horses. But in a few months, the snow starts to fly. The days become shorter; the yellow color of interior light becomes delicious. I look at my shelves, and every book just glows, and I want to be inside of that.
Quote examples
Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
Do I get grief for the fact that in communicating, say, about the baboons I'm doing so much anthropomorphizing? One hopes that the parts that are blatantly ridiculous will be perceived as such. I've nonetheless been stunned by some of my more humorless colleagues - to see that they were not capable of recognizing that.
Quote examples
Cressida Bonas
English Actress
It was on a trip to Africa with my family - I was eight - and an angry baboon jumped through the window of our parked car. As my siblings escaped, my foot got stuck in the seat. I froze and watched it steal the whole contents of our car around me.
Quote examples
Mel Giedroyc
English Entertainer
My problem with present buying is usually lack of time. Not because I'm super-busy, I'm just super-lazy. I leave everything to the last minute and end up running up and down the high street on Christmas Eve like a crazed baboon.
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Ann Coulter
American Journalist
If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics compared Lincoln to an ape; they called him an illiterate baboon.
Quote examples
Noel Fielding
English Comedian
I bought two sculptures of two baboons called Lord and Lady Muck on an antique piece of furniture from an art exhibition, and it was quite expensive. It was very expensive, actually - way too expensive.
Quote examples
Emanuel Cleaver
American Politician
I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.
Quote examples
Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
Baboons take a bit of getting to know but, apparently, once you break the ice, so to speak, they are complex and interesting creatures with elaborate societies.
Quote examples
T. Boone Pickens
American Businessman
Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
Quote examples
Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
Baboons have the exact physiology as humans do. They also get the same stress-related illnesses, such as ulcers and heart disease.
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