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Published: 2007-09-24 16:10:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 1241; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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This is a Baboon sitting on top of a car at Cape Point.They have become rather a menace : stealing picnic hampers and bags in the hope of finding food, in the process often harming humans. They even break into houses and open fridges and cause havoc in kitchens.
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OH !! THANK YOU SO MUCH
I'm off to go look
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Strangely, both my kids (teenagers) find them creepy de luxe.
Thank you for your lovely comment and fave
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Great capture! I heard about these baboons on television. Just like the bears in Canada, and maybe other animals in the rest of the world.
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Thankyou so much for looking; yes, they do pose a danger to humans even though they tend to look 'cute' and not nearly as huge as bears, but they pack the strength of 5 grown men, apparently.
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I love your photo's. So you'd better be careful when they're around!!
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Yup... unpleasant, although cute to watch with their young.
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They are so beautiful ( and dangerous too) but I really love them..I miss your country so much, what a lovely place to live!!! I love this picture sweetiheart! 
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Aw, thank you enormously; such a lovely comment!
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Always welcome my lovely friend...
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A very cool shot! Between these guys and the penguins you people must have a lot of fun in those parts
I must say I would prefer the penguins though.
Much love to you my darling
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Thanks so much for your lovely comment
Do come and visit & I'll take you around!
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maybe...one day my darling, who knows...
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Toller Schnappschuss!!! Ich habe im TV einen Bericht gesehen: dort wurde gesagt, die seien eine echte Plage in SΓΌd-Afrika!
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Nur an manchen Stellen, aber dann schon.
Danke!!
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Yes! that they do; especially when they carry their young clinging to them.
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wow.!.!.!. thats really crazy! I wish I could see a wild one. Nothing exciting with animals happens here.
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Ha ha !! Come visit us here in Africa, no shortages.
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wow that would be an exciting vacation for sure! I really wanna travel.
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Jeez YES I know... bears are a little bit more scarey, though
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wow i didnt know they were such a disturbance. great shot though!
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I'm glad you like it - many thanks
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Fantastic!
At Longleat, they have buses to take tourists around that particular area so that we don't have to put our cars at risk! They do dreadful things...
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Yes, they really pose quite a dangerous threat
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And we thought skunks and raccoons were a were a nuissance here 
Great capture
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That's exactly what is happening. They have come to associate cars & humans with food and now are becoming aggressive.
You must have gotten quite a fright, I'm sure!
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Yes, especially since the top of my grandfather's car was one of those retractable kinds, so it was made partially of cloth
Everyone entering the park was told not to give anything to the baboons, not even to open the windows. Many people obviously did not heed that warning because the animals seemed used to receiving scraps, and they became aggressive otherwise.
It was a bit nervewracking hearing them clattering atop of the car, but interesting to watch their behaviour. My grandfather, if I recall correctly, was quite knowledable about various wildlife after having traveled extensively , as well as having been a scuba diver/oceanographer for many years. He made it a fun experience...never a dull moment when on an "adventure" with him
Cheers
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That sounds like the perfect Grandpa to have
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He was like a kid himself, and to us as children, that was the best sort of grandparent a child could have
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Absolutely - I can just imagine
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