Baboons, highly intelligent and adaptable primates known for their complex social structures, typically live in large troops comprising multiple males, females, and offspring. (a-z-animals.com)
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Baboons are highly adaptable medium-large Old World monkeys that live in a variety of habitats in Africa and limited areas of Arabia. (a-z-animals.com)
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Each typically leads a troop (group size ranges from 5 to 30) and is in the center of the troop's attention, making all the decisions, mediating conflicts, determining the movements of the group, leading the others to feeding sites and taking responsibility for the safety and well-being of the troop. (wildlife-animals.com)
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The male baboons leave the troop when they reach sexual maturity, whilst the females remain and form strong and stable bonds with each other. (a-z-animals.com)
That said, adult female baboons can also form strong bonds with adult males, and these have lasted for years in some cases. (a-z-animals.com)
Scroll down to see an amazing clip of a group of baboons that are brave enough to take on a small crocodile. (a-z-animals.com)
Living as a group confers a lot of advantages for baboons. (a-z-animals.com)
Within these troops, individuals form intricate relationships through grooming rituals and vocalizations that serve to establish hierarchy and maintain group cohesion. (a-z-animals.com)
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In situations where safety is compromised, or imminent danger arises, the troop swiftly mobilizes into action by emitting loud alarm calls while simultaneously displaying aggressive postures toward the intruder. (a-z-animals.com)