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The bully

Guinea baboons (Papio papio) display a wide range of social behaviours. They sometimes chase and aggress each other.

 

Here, this male is exhibiting an intimidation behaviour: he stands steadily and stares at his target with wide-open eyes. The baboons' eyelids are white, creating a strong threatening effect when they raise their eyebrows high.

 

This picture was taken in the wild, in Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal, where the researchers of the Centre de Recherche de Primatologie Simenti have been following and studying Guinea baboons since 2007.

 

More information: www.dpz.eu/en/cognitive-ethology

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Uploaded on August 11, 2025
Taken on July 11, 2025