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Baboon antics in Ruaha


Yellow baboons at Mdonya Old River Camp in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

These Yellow baboons are having a glorious time chilling out and playing.

The photos were taken by Rebecca Phillips at Mdonya Old River Camp in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Yellow baboons at Mdonya Old River Camp in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

The camp is set on the banks of an old sand river which is now used by animals as a corridor - and a great place to graze, as there is still water below the surface.

Yellow baboons at Mdonya Old River Camp in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Unusually, at Mdonya there are a small number of white baboons, due to a genetic defect. They are leucistic, not albino - the rest of the troupe accepts them without problems.

Yellow baboons at Mdonya Old River Camp in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

You can read more about these white baboons in our post from last November.

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