Hamadryas Baboon in North Carolina Zoo

On 19th April 2008, we spent a few hours in the North Carolina Zoo with good friends, Kevin, Lori, and Alexis. By the time we were in the Hamadryas Baboon area, we were so tired and hungry. So, we sat down to watch some baboons playing and ate something ourselves. Amazingly, the baboons were so active and they ran around like crazy. It had attracted a lot of people to watch them.

This picture was taken while we were there eating. They are really interesting animals. From the sign in the zoo, male baboon is 2 to 3 feet long and weight 30 to 55 pounds, while female baboon is 1.5 to 2 feet long and weight 20-30 pounds. There are some bigger baboons and we are sure that they were males. However, we could not tell these two in this picture. They might be females or young males. There must be other ways to distinguish between male and female baboons besides the size. If you know the trick, we would very much like to know.