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Baboons feed on grass seeds May 15 2008
It’s late afternoon on the banks of the Black Umfolozi River in South Africa’s oldest game reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi. In the autumn sunshine, a troop of chacma baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) is feeding.
Tags: africa, baboon, chacma, eat, floodplain, grass, groom, hluhluwe, imfolozi, mammal, primate, river, savannah, social, south africaDid you know? Oxpeckers on the back of mammals Jan 30 2008
Oxpeckers are often seen on the backs of animals like hippo, buffalo and kudu. They feed off parasites such as ticks and bloodsucking flies that live on the mammal’s skin. These birds have a mutual relationship with mammals, removing parasites in exchange for observing the surroundings from an aerial viewpoint and alerting them of danger.
Tags: adaptation, bath, bird, bloodsucking fly, buffalo, cattle egret, ear, egret, elephant, fly, groom, hippo, kudu, oxpecker, parasite, red-billed oxpecker, skin, south africa, tail, tick, trunkDid you know? Baboons Dec 4 2007
Baboons and other primates are often seen grooming each other. Like all animals, baboons pick up parasites, so they groom to rid themselves of these as well as to clean and comb the fur.
Baboons remove seeds and large ticks from the fur of others when grooming, but some small parasites, such as fleas and lice, generally remain. Flakes of skin, salty deposits and scabs are often removed and eaten.
Tags: ape, baboon, baboons, fur, groom, parasite, skin, vertebrateThe week’s most viewed stories Nov 9 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 02 November to Thursday 08 November 2007) were:
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While adult monkeys groom and scratch, their babies cavort and play in the branches around them.
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