#chacma
November 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The @oriolebirding.bsky.social tour of the Western Cape has been going well with the Tankwa Karoo delivering a selection of small brownish warblers & chats to keep the guests on their toes but it was this Chacma Baboon that photographically caught my eye.
November 3, 2026 at 5:47 AM
never monkey around with plot twists

the heart was never meant to be a prop (or prompt)
in someone else's storyline

not every story needs another page

close the cover 🕊️

#reflections #chacmababoon #photography
October 29, 2026 at 8:51 PM
56 years in the chacma made you a fucking aviculturist!
October 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Cape Town authorities plan to capture and relocate two habituated troops of chacma baboons from urban suburbs to permanent enclosures.

Officials frame the move as a "hard reset" for management, though some experts question whether removal is the right solution.

@barrychristianson.com reports.
‘A hard reset’: Cape Town to capture and relocate baboon troops
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A steady stream of chacma baboons flows down the walking path in the beautiful wooded ravine that leads up to Admiral’s Kloof, on the slopes of Table Mountain National Park.…
mongabay.cc
October 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This is extremely cool! I have Sacred Ibises flying over my house every day & Chacma - not Hamadryas - baboons in the yard every now & then.
October 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Excited to share the first published Gaynor Lab undergraduate thesis! 🐆🔈🐒 This work was led by Sophie Van Cuylenborg, whom I’m very grateful to have helped mentor onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Context‐Dependent Reactive Antipredator Behavior of Chacma Baboons (<i>Papio ursinus griseipes</i>) Amidst Predator Recovery
Chacma baboons exhibited context-dependent flight and vigilance behavior in response to experimental predator vocalizations in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park. Reactions were strongest in juveni...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Another quick doodle, this time of a Chacma Baboon.

#primate #monkey #baboon #digitalart
October 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
October 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Savanna or Chacma Baboon from southern Africa.
September 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2026 at 7:24 AM
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Cape Town authorities announced plans to round up two troops of chacma baboons, sterilize them, and permanently relocate them to a newly built sanctuary following escalating conflicts in residential areas across the Cape Peninsula.
September 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"It's hard to sell a house when it's covered in baboon faeces"

Well, it is with THAT attitude
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:28 AM