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Impudent lunch in the forest: baboon savours, and I get the finger
Two Guinea baboons (Papio papio) are eating fruits in their natural habitat in Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal.
The one in the front, a male with long canines and big fur on his shoulders, has a broken finger. I had to capture this humorous moment when he seemed to give me the finger while impudently biting his fruit.
Interestingly, although males have large and sharp canines, they still use their incisors to open fruit.
This picture was taken during a visit to the Centre de recherche de Primatologie Simenti, founded by the Cognitive Ethology Lab, Germany, in 2007. Since then, primatologists have been conducting long-term behavioural and ecological research there.
More information: www.dpz.eu/en/cognitive-ethology
Impudent lunch in the forest: baboon savours, and I get the finger
Two Guinea baboons (Papio papio) are eating fruits in their natural habitat in Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal.
The one in the front, a male with long canines and big fur on his shoulders, has a broken finger. I had to capture this humorous moment when he seemed to give me the finger while impudently biting his fruit.
Interestingly, although males have large and sharp canines, they still use their incisors to open fruit.
This picture was taken during a visit to the Centre de recherche de Primatologie Simenti, founded by the Cognitive Ethology Lab, Germany, in 2007. Since then, primatologists have been conducting long-term behavioural and ecological research there.
More information: www.dpz.eu/en/cognitive-ethology