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Baboon
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Copyright: Steven Le Vourc'h (Curioso) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 585 W: 287 N: 1498] (8902)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-26
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L USM IS, Digital RAW, Hama UV 77 mm
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: LIVING IN CAMEROON
Date Submitted: 2006-11-30 14:23
Viewed: 1053
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Another lovely monkey from the Limbe Wildlife center, 60km north of Douala, Cameroon. It's an adult baboon since he's getting silver hair on his head.

Male baboons are considerably bigger than females and have larger teeth. In the wild, they usually live up to 30 years and are found in woodlands and hills, especially in Cameroon. Males are quite courageous and aggressive and some species can weight up to 40kg.

I'm not sure I identified this very kind of baboon but it's possibly an Olive Baboon since it's the most common in Central Africa.
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  • sebcz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 667 W: 149 N: 348] (2345)
  • [2006-12-01 4:14]

Hi Steven!
Hi Baboon!
How are you doing?
Steve? OK. Baboon? OK? Great. Nice fur, by the way. No, Steven, this was to the baboon.

:)

Seb

Hi Steven, This is a great portrait of this Baboon, your superb focus allows us to see excellent detail, the eyes are brilliant & those teeth look mean, this Baboon looks like my work mate, kind regards Wilson.

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