Hamadryas Baboon

ecosystem. Two species of baboons that share a common ancestor dating back twenty million years ago are Papio hamadryas and Theropithecus gelada (Falk, 173). More commonly called as hamadryas baboons and geladas, they are known to share many characteristics because of this common lineage. In fact, they are categorized under the same order of classification, down to the same subfamily of primates, known as cercopithecidae. Despite sharing a common subfamily, these two species of baboons manage to encompass

Hamadryas baboons currently inhabit Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea – comprising the location we call the Horn of Africa (Swedell 2006). Their habitation can also be found in the southwestern portion of Arabian Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (Swedell 2006). The Hamadryas baboons –sometimes called “desert baboon” lives in dry, desert-like environment that distinguish them from other types of baboons (i.e mountain baboons and savanna baboons). Belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily

well as East Asia, the Papio vulcanus dwells in the extreme environment due to its specific lifestyle and necessities. The baboon is capable of surviving blazing temperatures. The Fire baboon is a subfamily in the Cercopithecidae family, closely related to the Papio hamadryas or Hamadryas baboon species. The hot, sandy desert offers very limited resources for Fire Baboons to survive on, however that is not a problem due to their extremely efficient physique. But nonetheless, the climate does provide

When I first saw the museum I was amazed because the museum is surrounded by such beautiful environment, being around such green grass, trees, and the sea although it was quite a way away from the museum. The exterior of the museum, in my opinion, was a very cool be modelled after Roman architecture. After entering in the lobby, I found it to be very orderly and the security gave me a sense that the museum was heavenly guarded. After walking around the interior of the museum, with security guards

1. Dr. Sapolsky’s research in the Masai Mara National Park of Kenya involved collecting blood samples from baboons to measure hormones involved in the stress response. After anaesthetizing the baboon in an unassuming way (to avoid hormones produced from anticipatory stress) he collected blood samples from their bodies. What he observed was adrenaline and glucocorticoids dictate the stress response. The physiological changes to the body during the stress response are the lungs work overtime to deliver

female daughters (Huguet et al. 2015). The daughter’s rank will be below the mothers (Huguet et al. 2015). Adult female Baboons are mostly nursing or pregnant most of their lives and for this reason alone they spend most of their lives with other females friends or relatives that are pregnant as well (Huguet et al. 2015). While a female is pregnant she will avoid the male baboons of the group (Huguet et al. 2015). The pregnant and nursing females of the group rest mostly during the day (Huguet et

Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among Baboons, by Robert Sapolsky is about bettering understanding the connection between animals, in this case baboons and humans. Most importantly what is the correlation if any, between the emotions and diseases of a baboon and human. Sapolsky, spent twenty years of his life studying how baboons act, react, and most importantly how they express themselves. Further understanding the relationships of baboons and how their hierarchy works, out in the wilderness

Stress: Portrait of a Killer, I was surprised to learn more about baboons correlating to human beings stress management and how you position as individual in the hierarchy of life has in effect on the levels of stress you may endure. In the documentary I learned a lot about how dominant male baboons has lower stress levels which in turn, made these baboon relativity healthier compared to their other members of their group. The baboons who had higher stress levels also has high blood pressure, not

importance of social organization can be seen in baboons. Baboons are primates that can be found in open savannah, open woodland and hills across Africa. They are omnivores but there diet consists mostly of plant life from foraging.

of a troop of African baboons and his unintentional research of human behavior as to himself through his encounters and experiences as a young researcher in Kenya, Africa for the first time. Sapolsky names the four parts of his book to describe the four stages of a baboon 's growth. Ultimately, these parts also reflect Sapolsky 's personal growth and transformation as he journeys through Africa and studies the baboon troop. Since, at the outset of his research, the baboons he will study seem to