Baboons in North Carolina Zoo

We visited the North Carolina Zoo several times before in winter too cold and in summer too hot. We went there again on 19th April 2008 in spring time, not too cold and not too hot. So, baboons were all outside enjoying the beautiful weather very much like humans. The young baboons ran around like kids but the older ones were staying still most of the time. A couple of them were in serious business, flea picking. The smaller one on the right, female, was working hard to pick fleas from the bigger one on the left, male. That flea picking operation lasted at least 15 minutes. They were in extreme patience which was amazing.

They are Hamadryas Baboons. The male baboons are 2 to 3 feet long while the females are 1.5 to 2 feet long. Both male and female Hamadryas Baboons have bare red rumps for sitting on hard surfaces for extended periods of time.