Photos, Research, and Stories from Gombe, Tanzania (1974)
and the Okavango Delta, Botswana (1977-80), by Curt Busse
Photo Gallery of Okavango Baboons – Page 2
Mothers and Infants
This photo shows a range of infant ages and colorations, from foreground to background: 3 months, 9 months, 6 months, 1 year.
A majority of these photos are from the White Island troop. The infant on the right is probably just a few days old.
White Island mother, WFR, and her infant, WFI. In my opinion, WFR (aka Farah) was the most attractive female among the two troops, and she had a very pleasant disposition.
Camp Troop mother, CBN, chews into the fibrous husk of a pod that had fallen from a sausage tree (Kigelia pinnata). The baboons ate the seeds, and this was one of their most common foods.
Camp Troop mother and infant at the Camp Island water crossing.
WPG on the left.
WPG and her infant son.
White Island mother eats the fleshy exterior of palm fruits.