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Published: 2019-08-21 20:24:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 25399; Favourites: 507; Downloads: 0
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Field study of The Caldera's resident giant baboon Ngoloko, also known as the Nandi bear, commissioned by James Conlon.Kasai Rex - fav.me/dd9n2b0
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So what is The Caldera exactly? Is it like a story?
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I thought the Nandi Bear would be more hyena-like or cat-like with one eye.
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Not in The Caldera at least lol
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This looks like a mandrill. Presumably the Females live in a tightly-knit hoard with a leader male, some follower males and multisex juveniles. The lead male sires 80% of the young, the other 20% are sired by follower males and males from other groups. Every few years the leader male is replaced with a new male. Unlike baboons, female mandrills can side with or oppose a male depending on how he treats them.
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This sounds like a very reasonable assumption for their group dynamics.
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At least The Caldera's version.
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Interesting. Is there any reason to why this version is a primate?
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Would be a question for James www.deviantart.com/raygathex
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The one who commissioned it. I'm not entirely sure the lore behind which species he chooses for which cryptid.
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I think it's only known from skulls and teeth so it's really not in much pop culture stuff.
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You'd think more people would use it. A giant baboon is scary as shit.
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Baboons are fierce, mandrills are actually quite gentle animals.
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Right? normal sized baboons are already very intimidating. This one has a fair deal of speculative evolution so it's not an accurate restoration of an actual Dinopithecus. They were still about twice the size of a modern baboon.
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There might be a couple more, but I think this is the last of the main ones.
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