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23-MAY-2014

The baboons of Asir -- garbage collectors

We started our second day off in Asir with new adventures, among them seeing baboons all over the place. They congregate around garbage dumps (or more correctly, places where garbage has been dumped) and along the sides of roads. Unfortunately, they run away if you get too close, unless, of course, you have food to give them, in which case they are said to become aggressive.

This is a series of four baboon pictures, most shot from a moving vehicle. I tried so hard to get a good capture of them, with passengers in our car even calling out sightings, but it was tough to get and retain focus, and the driver didn’t seem inclined to slow down (they were just baboons, after all).

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janescottcumming10-Jun-2014 00:11
A shame to see so much garbage around. A great catch of these baboons on the move! V
Julie Oldfield09-Jun-2014 01:49
It must be great seeing them in the wild. V
Mairéad08-Jun-2014 21:10
Very interesting shot of this group hard at work!V
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography08-Jun-2014 17:37
Excellent shot, Helen, Voted.
The Ellisons08-Jun-2014 16:47
Considering you were in a moving vehicle (oh, those drivers eh, they never seem to understand) you managed to get a great shot of them!!
Stephanie08-Jun-2014 15:32
Meant to type wonderful, but wonderfungroup works too! ;)
....and spell check has tacked "group" on twice now! Sigh...
Stephanie08-Jun-2014 15:30
What a wild and wonderfungroup shot!! BV
Pierre08-Jun-2014 13:22
Une scène toute spéciale dans un décor impressionnant! V
pkocinski08-Jun-2014 11:24
Sad to see the trash just tossed out.
Zoltán Balogh08-Jun-2014 05:40
Superb capture of the baboons! V
Gill Kopy08-Jun-2014 01:52
Interesting that some of them have different coats to others !!
Milan Vogrin07-Jun-2014 20:19
Superb image!V!
Being Me07-Jun-2014 16:57
Wow look like they could be very destructive! Better to keep your distance. V
Pieter Bos07-Jun-2014 16:25
Interesting image and story, Helen! ~V
Chris Morton07-Jun-2014 16:20
worse than a gang of teenagers!
John Reynolds LRPS07-Jun-2014 16:19
An amazing sight. V.
Long Bach Nguyen07-Jun-2014 15:57
very nice composition and so sad to see the trash all around for the baboons for foods