Chimpanzee and Baboon Studies
Photos, Research, and Stories from Gombe, Tanzania (1974)
and the Okavango Delta, Botswana (1977-80), by Curt Busse
Cogito ergo sum.
Youngster eats palm fruit.
Youngster feeds on the root nodule of a sedge.
More sedge feeding.
An adult female eats seeds from a sausage “fruit” (Kigelia pinnata).
A Kigelia pinnata flower after losing its bright red coloration.
WBH digs for roots in the center area of White Island.
CRK feeds on roots along a floodplain..
Adolescent female from C Troop eats fruits. She was easily recognizable by her broken middle finger.
More fruit consumption by a C Troop adolescent.
Youngster opens acacia pods to eat the seeds.
Fig consumption.