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baboons
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Kommetjie Residents Condemned For “Aggressive And Unlawful” Attack On Baboon Troop Sunday Night
05 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has condemned some Kommetjie community members for an attack on a local baboon troop on the evening of Sunday, 4 August 2024.
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This Brazen Baboon Went Big, Crashing A Simon’s Town Year-End Party [Video]
08 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The primate was ready to party, boldly taking its share of food and munching as it went along from person to person, table to table.
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DNA From A Baboon Mummy Revealed The Location Of A Mysterious City Not Found On Any Maps
21 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Geneticists at the University of Konstanz in Germany have however released a new study on baboon DNA that shows these creatures never naturally occurred in Egypt.
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Baboons Hang On To Bridge For Dear Life To Avoid Lions [Video]
13 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The baboons, feeling confident now that they were out of reach, apparently began taunting the lions. They were literally under the lions’ noses, and the lions could not do a thing.
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Monday Morning Spice
07 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Western Cape taxi stayaway continues, First pill for postpartum depression, Lady R didn’t load South African weapons to Russia, and Thuli Madonsela’s appointment to UN’s Scientific Advisory Board.
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These Poor Tourists Got The Cape Point Baboon Treatment Big Time [Video]
04 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Photographer Agi Orfanos managed to capture the scene on camera, showing a tourist getting the fright of his life when a baboon began helping himself to the contents of his car.
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Cape Baboons Unlock Next Level Of Stealth [Video]
22 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee posted the video initially, joking that crime is really getting out of hand in South Africa.
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Baboons Are About To Take Over Constantia In A Big Way
03 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Expect there to be an increase in the number of baboons spotted in the ‘burbs once the City of Cape Town abandons its urban baboon management programme.
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Logan Paul Gets “Bullied” By Baboons At Cape Point [Video]
01 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
During a trip to the Mother City, Logan crossed paths with some baboons who were keen to check out his belongings while he watched on in horror.
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Queen Of The Apes, Jane Goodall, Adds Voice To Kataza Baboon Drama
10 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The saga of Kataza, a baboon separated from his troop in Kommetjie and relocated to Tokai, continues to see a war of words between activists and officials.
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Kataza Update: ‘Baboon Whisperer’ Efforts Thwarted By City [Videos]
02 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sightings of the baboon in both Tokai and Constantia indicated that he was “visibly and obviously very stressed and anxious and hungry”.
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Kommetjie Baboon ‘Kidnapping’ Sparks Anger [Video]
31 Aug 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
Kataza and his troop were commonly seen in and around Kommetjie, although he vanished last Tuesday, and has now reappeared in the Southern Suburbs.
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Tensions Flare Over Baboon Killing In Kommetjie [Video]
25 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A mother baboon and her baby were euthanised on Friday, and some Kommetjie residents are unhappy about the decision-making process.
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Incredible ‘Lion King’ Moment – Baboon ‘Adopts’ Lion Cub In Kruger [Images+Video]
03 Feb 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In a rare example of inter-species affection, this baboon in the Kruger Park was seen nurturing the young predator cub.
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Tempers Rage Over Constantia Wine Farms’ ‘Two-A-Day’ Baboon Hunting Permits
06 Jul 2018 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It has been revealed that two of Constantia’s most prominent wine farms have acquired hunting permits for baboons, and the outrage has been swift.
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You Don’t Want To Piss Off A Massive Flock Of Egyptian Geese [Video]
05 Apr 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You might not be a huge fan of the hadeda and their call, but for most of us the Egyptian Geese is an ever bigger nuisance. This baboon turns the tables.
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Watch This Troop Of Baboons Systematically Trash An Entire Home [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
2oceansviber, Howard James Fyvie got in touch to share this video of a flange (best collective noun, ever) of baboons methodically wrecking a lovely coastal home in Betty’s Bay. It’s mental, and a little bit scary.
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Cape Town Introduces Baboon Committee
23 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is exactly what Cape Town needs. A committee whose sole purpose is to reconcile relations between the city’s residents and baboons. Capetonians have lived in fear of their sandwiches being stolen for long enough.
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