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Baboon Photos from the Okavango Swamps, Botswana
By
Curt Busse
(Last updated July 3, 2004. Click on photos for more.)
I took most of these photos on foot near Chief's Island
in the Okavango Delta, Botswana,
between June, 1977 and June, 1980,
while collecting data for my doctoral dissertation.
In just three years this pristine study site yielded a trove
of new information
on chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) social behavior, and
it has continued to prosper ever since
(see
Okavango Baboon Project).
The images in this gallery, including
high-resolution images
suitable for printing,
can be used without asking my permission,
according to the terms of the
license agreement.
My thanks go to Prof. William J. Hamilton III, the University of California,
Davis, and the government of Botswana for the
opportunity to conduct research in the Okavango.
Nor would the work have been possible without the help of colleagues
Steve Smith, Barbara Kus, Russell Davis, Matthew Rowe, Derek Melton,
and Carol Melton.
My special thanks go to Peter and Joyce Bestelink of the Xaxaba
tourist camp for their cooperation, logistical support, and comraderie.
Also see my
Gombe chimpanzee photos and
Cayo Santiago macaque photos.
Copyright © 2002 Curt Busse
