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Nick Tennick

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Nick has always loved the outdoors and never turns down an opportunity for an adventure. After finishing high school in Johannesburg, where he grew up, Nick spent a gap year in the Zimbabwean bushveld which truly sparked his love for wildlife and conservation ...

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on A Tale of a Troop of Baboons

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Christa Blessing
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Great video and photos of these entertaining animals. I also love watching them because there is always some fun activity going on with baboons.
Though they can also become quite naughty.

Nick Tennick
Contributor

Hi Christa, They can be very entreating and naughty indeed.

Ann Richardson Berg
Digital Tracker

Hello Nick! Very interesting to read your blogarticle today about Baboons. Great video and beautiful pictures! They are impressive, clever and strong animals! Thank you for sharing!

Nick Tennick
Contributor

Hi Ann, Thank you for the comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the blog.

Valmai Vorster
Master Tracker

They are very intelligent and very nifty high up in the trees. Their social statues in quite intrigued. I love the babies and the way they sit clutching their mothers.

Nick Tennick
Contributor

Valmai, I also love seeing the babies and how attentive the mothers are with them.

William Paynter
Master Tracker

Nick, great pictures and commentary on baboons. They are not my favorite animal but are certainly fascinating and very troop and family oriented.

Nick Tennick
Contributor

Thank you, William.

Michael and Terri Klauber
Guest contributor

Nick, Thanks is for sharing such a great experience! Very cool!

Nick Tennick
Contributor

Thanks Micheal and Terri! Seeing a troop of baboons on the reserve is always a fun time.

Carly M
Digital Tracker

Great article Nick!

Nick Tennick
Contributor

Thank you, Carly!

Francesca Doria
Master Tracker

Sometimes, when watching them, we can see our reflection in a mirror…
My favourite African primates are bush babies galagos, lebulas and Madagascar ‘s lemurs. And of course Mountain gorillas. But they all have their unique physical and most of all behavioural features, easier to understand for us than other species

Paul Canales
Master Tracker

I love that you highlighted the baboons in this post Nick. So interesting and fun to learn more about these little rascals!

Paul Buchanan
Senior Digital Ranger

Fascinating. If you look at the skull of a baboon, you can see the areas where the muscles attach. They are really large and that means they have very strong jaws. That’s the reason that it is not unknown for baboons to tear the stomachs out of cows.

Linda Rawles
Digital Tracker

Great piece! I love baboons and they are too often overlooked.

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