Observe a baboon troop descend from treetops to rove, play, and forage in the Tanzanian landscape

Observe a baboon troop descend from treetops to rove, play, and forage in the Tanzanian landscape

A day in the life of anubis, or olive, baboons (Papio anubis), filmed in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. Awakening among the boughs they slept in, the troop members rove, feed, and care for their young before again retreating to the safety of the treetops at dusk.
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