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Fishing baboons at desert waterholes |
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| Authors: | W J Hamilton R L Tilson |
| Abstract: | Live fish capture by wild chacma baboons is described. Fish were captured from drying desert pools and then covered with sand to immobilize active fish or to facilitate handling. Possible reasons omnivorous primates elsewhere do not capture live fish are considered. |
| Keywords: | chacma baboon Papio ursinus fish food habits |