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An adult baboon carries a baby baboon on her back. baboons grooming
The video thumbnail image shows two black and white photos of monkey and ape heads, surrounded by blue and pink circles.
chacma baboon anubis baboons (Papio anubis) Figure 36: Mother olive baboon (Papio anubis) and young.
Observe a baboon troop descend from treetops to rove, play, and forage in the Tanzanian landscape
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anubis baboons (Papio anubis)
baboon summary
Quizzes
Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
Ultimate Animals Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
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cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth
7 Questions About Mammals Answered
Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
Why Do Animals Have Tails?
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
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number zero, 0 balloon
Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?
The Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, rises 79 feet (24 meters) above the plaza at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state, Mexico. The pyramid was built after invaders conquered the ancient Maya city in the tenth century.
What’s Inside the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá?
Julius Caesar in full Gaius Julius Caesar (100? BCE-44 BCE) statue in Rimini, Italy. Roman general and statesman and dictator
The Time Julius Caesar Was Captured by Pirates
An old worn baseball and wood bat
Who Really Invented Baseball?
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Illustration by the CDC, reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes on the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus,
The Top COVID-19 Vaccine Myths Spreading Online

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Videos

Monkeys vs. apes: What's the difference?
When in doubt, check for a tail.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Observe a baboon troop descend from treetops to rove, play, and forage in the Tanzanian landscape
A day in the life of anubis, or olive, baboons (Papio anubis), filmed in...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus)
A yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) mother with her baby baboon on her...
© Dave Montreuil/Shutterstock.com
baboons grooming
One baboon grooms another at the Nuremberg Zoo in Germany. Mutual grooming is an...
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chacma baboon
Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus).
Hans Hillewaert
anubis baboons (Papio anubis)
Anubis, or olive, baboons (Papio anubis) are found from Kenya and Ethiopia...
Norman Myers/Photo Researchers
Figure 36: Mother olive baboon (Papio anubis) and young.
Irven DeVore
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