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| Baenninger, R.; Estes, R.D.; Baldwin, S. | |
| Anti-predator behaviour of baboons and impalas toward a cheetah | |
| 1977 East Africa Wildlife Journal (15): 327-329 | |
On 17 February 1975 in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, about ten members of an Academy of Natural Sciences tour observed an encounter involving baboons (Papio anubis), a cheetah (Acinonyx) and impalas (Aepyceros melampus). We had arisen at dawn to watch a troop of over thirty baboons that had been seen the night before going to roost in trees below the ridge on which Tarangire Lodge is situated. At about 07.30 hours, after most of the troop had descended and were seated on the ground in groups sunning and grooming, some baboons began barking. This alerting signal and the direction in which troop members were facing attracted our attention to a cheetah drinking in the Tarangire River approximately 500 m from the baboon troop. |
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