Baboon 8
I just love watching these animals interact. Here we have four of the 22 Hamadryas Baboons currently living at the zoo in Asheboro, NC, USA. Tankara is on the right. Her daughter Tinka is standing up and being very very curious about that foot the other baboon is working on grooming. I will find out for sure who that is and update this area later. I am pretty sure the juvenile male you see holding Tinka's leg is Wiley. They play together a lot!
Rhea Baboon of the North Carolina Zoo
Rhea is such a beauty. She sits regally by as her little one, not visible here, plays nearby. His name is Zanzibar and I will be adding photos of him as I can. Notice the skin tag under that left eye. When Zanzibar is not nursing or cuddling with his mother, this is how we know it's she!
Karamela Crouching in the Grass
Karamela Baboon holds her gentle fingers to her mouth. Dainty and very much a little girl!
Tullu is four years old in this shot, taken at North Carolina Zoo on July 23, 2014. Though often trailed by his little friend Babu, on this day he was sitting alone playing with this stick for the longest time, first examining it, then putting it in his mouth, then bending it. In this shot, he's got each end with one of his furry hands, and is bending that stick around his foot, after having threaded it between his toes.