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Introduction - 
The Chacma Baboon is a large primate with a dog-like face and large, prominent canines, these features give it a more aggressive appearance than other primates. The chacma baboon lives in family groups of up to 150 individual, these troops have no single dominant male. Baboons are notorious for becoming a pest around humans where they often disturb rubbish bins and will tear open tents in their search for free food. These baboons are extremely common in central Namibia and will often be seen on the side of the road.
Diet - Forages for grass, seeds, fruit, insects and small vertebrates
Colouring - Silver - grey hair and black face fringed with white. The male has a distinctive bright blue scrotum.
Breeding - baboons do not have a definite breeding season and are sexually active throughout the year. Gestation period is around 140 days, after which a single young is born.
Size - A mature male measures 1.6 m from head to tail and weighs up to 45 kg, females measures 1.1 m and with a mass of about 20 kg.