Sentences with phrase «gelada baboons»

From the gorgeous gelada baboons living on Ethiopia's plateaus to cheetahs in Namibia, and of course an African safari to see the Big 5, Africa's wilds are without a doubt my number one dream destination.

A sense of sheer joy is coupled with the ever - present danger posed by predators in a less - colourful, but no less spectacular, image of spirited gelada baboons as the sun sets on the Ethiopian Highlands [Additional file 3].

He has studied chimpanzees in Gombe (with Jane Goodall) and Kibale, vervet monkeys and gelada baboons.

In conjunction with its policy of developing more naturalistic settings for the primates, the zoo has, in recent years, successfully established breeding groups or pairs of lemurs, lion - tailed macaques, Japanese macaques, gelada baboons, proboscis monkeys, slow lorises and gibbons.

Louise Barrett, Robin Dunbar and Patsy Dunbar of University College in London analysed observations made of gelada baboons in Ethiopia.

Given this fact, the researchers wondered if gelada baboons engage in a behavior known as tactical deception.

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Gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada) live in small units, which consist of up to a dozen females, a few subordinate males and a dominant male, who holds exclusive reproductive rights to the females.

A primate found exclusively in the highlands of Ethiopia, the gelada, Theropithecus gelada, is a baboon - like monkey.

The baboon - like geladas have beautiful long blonde hair and pose in front of Africa's most dramatic mountain scenery.

The gelada (aka «bleeding heart baboon»), the Ethiopian wolf, and the giant Lammergeir (a vulture with a 3m wingspan) to name but a few.