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Status: Good. Diet in wild: Plants, insects, and small animals. Life span in wild: 30 to 40 years. Weight: Males 50 to 100 pounds; females 50 to 80 pounds. Native habitat: Plains of Africa.
Black Pine Animal Park 1426 W. 300 N. P.O. Box 02 Albion, IN 46701 (260) 636-7383
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Professional Animal Retirement Center, Inc.
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Baboon Mae, a baboon, is a retired circus performer. Known for their elongated, dog-like snouts, baboons can be very dangerous monkeys.
Baboons live in groups. Like other
primates, they are very social and can often be found grooming on another.
Grooming is a very intimate way for baboons to express their acceptance of
each other. They use their long, thin fingers to feel for small bugs or
dirt that may be clinging to their hair. When they find something, they
will use their smaller front teeth as a comb to remove it. Baboons eat all sorts of leafy plants, berries, nuts, and small insects. At Black Pine, Mae enjoys a wide variety of fresh fruits, such as bananas, grapes, and melon, along with various vegetables like lettuce and carrots. She also gets an occasional treat, such as a frozen popsicle in the warm summer months. To learn about keeping animals like this as pets, click here. Click here to learn more about baboons. Click here to learn how to help Mae.
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The Animals
These mid-size primates live in
various part of Asia and Africa. With long canine teeth, they can protect
themselves very well from other predators. Surprisingly, that sometimes
can be a chimpanzee. Chimps have been known to capture and kill small
baboons for food.