Desert Animals - Zoos South Australia

HAMADRYAS BABOONIt states on the sign that these monkeys ‘sleep on rocky outcrops for security’.• Discuss how this behaviour would keep them safer. Write your ideas down here.• You may see the baboons ‘grooming’ each other, ie picking through each other’s hair.Why do they do this?After discussing your own ideas, read the sign, ‘We do not have fleas’.Baboons are another group-living animal. Living in Africa, what predators do you thinkgroups of baboons need to share their environment with? • What is the ‘group’ name of baboons and other monkeys? t _ _ _ _• With a scarcity of food in the desert and living in such large groups, what do you thinkthe baboons do to make sure they have enough food to eat?Observe the baboons for a while. See if you can work out which one is the mostdominant, or the leader!• List the things you saw happen that made you come to this conclusion• If you have time, quickly sketch the dominant baboon and complete your drawinglater!