More mayhem from the Adult Baboon Camp

The adult baboons continue to be has boisterous as ever! They were recently given a whole watermelon to eat and of course they decided that it was far too much fun not to play with it before eating it. At one point Scrots decided that the watermelon made a perfect seat and perched on the top of it with great pride!

Big Momma



Scrots



The adults were also given a basketball to play with which they all duly pounced on and within minutes the ball was completely deflated which quite spoilt the adults’ fun and they soon lost interest in it! However there is one baboon who is still very pleased with the squashed basket ball – Jeffrey – who now uses the basketball as an additional security blanket, along with his stones!

Cila and some of the volunteers were recently tasked with clearing out the adults waterhole. After removing at least 7 buckets of sludgy water, Cila discovered that there was a little terrapin living in the waterhole! The terrapin has now been christened Cila and seems perfectly content with living in the waterhole surrounded by the adults. Cila the terrapin even seems to be quite happy when the baboons play with her, flipping her over and over!

We have all been keeping a close eye on Nemo of late as we suspect he may be about to launch a coup to overthrow Spock as the top male in the troop! Nemo is playing a very clever game as he is spending a lot of time grooming and courting Big Momma as he knows that she is the key to securing his way to get to the top! Lower down the ranks there has been other power shifts and Doinkievan has now made it to the 4th spot in the adult baboon ranking!



Nemo






Spock