Habitat in tropical rain forest, savanna, semi-desert grassland and plateau mountains, prefer to live in the relatively open and rocky low hills, plains or canyon cliffs here. Mainly on the ground, but also climb trees to sleep or look for food. Good at swimming. Can cry out loud. During the day, they live in branches or caves and at night. Food includes grubs, insects, scorpions, eggs, small vertebrates and plants. Usually drink water at noon. Live in groups, each group has a dozen to a hundred people, and there are also large groups of 200 to 300 people. The group was led by a strong old male baboon, and a special lookout was responsible for warning the enemy's arrival. When retreating, the females and larvae come first, and the males protect behind, making threatening roars and even fighting back. Because of their strength, they are brave and can pose a threat to attackers. The daily foraging range is 8-30 kilometers, and the main natural enemy is leopard. There is no fixed breeding season, with a peak in May-June, and 6-7 months of pregnancy. Each fetus gives birth to 1 offspring. Life expectancy in the wild is about 20 years.
Baboon English:
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Drinking its blood can make you a ghost, you can carry a thousand pounds, you can smile and kiss your forehead, and you look like a macaque, which makes people talk, birds sing and you can know life and death.
Baboons are unique primates in the Rift Valley of East Africa. According to zoologists, "there is a big evolutionary gap between humans and baboons." About 30 million years ago, baboons followed a different evolutionary path from humans and chimpanzees. They have no language ability. In the past, baboons were considered to have no reasoning ability; However, at the end of 20001,American scientists published a paper in the journal Experimental Psychology, saying that they found that baboons have the ability to complete complex abstract reasoning. This is the first time that humans have discovered that non-human non-ape primates have this complex ability. "
Baboons are rare and endangered animals. According to scientific research, the survival rate of children born to female baboons who like to gather and communicate is particularly high.
It is still a mystery what role baboons' social skills can play in the prosperity of families or genes. However, the research data on baboons show that the communication between baboons can help to comb each other's fur, reduce the number of heartbeats, that is, relieve emotions, and also accelerate the secretion of endorphins (one of the endogenous morphine-like substances related to analgesia) in the brain to eliminate tension.
Psychologists have also found that when male baboons are in danger, they either return to each other in the same way or run away, while female baboons send distress signals to their partners when they are in danger. Not long ago, Science magazine also published research results about female baboons, which is a critical disposal method.
Baboons in nature are mostly aggressive, so they are the only animals in nature who dare to fight lions because they are more United with the outside world. Generally, 3-5 baboons can beat a lion, and their style is very bold and tenacious. Therefore, the description of the general zoo is generally affectionately called baboon: brave little soldier!
The ancient Egyptians and pharaohs called baboons phoebus apollo, because every morning, baboons were the first to greet the sunrise, and they were very pious!