As human settlement of the Cape has expanded, the baboons have been “pushed higher and higher up the mountain” where foraging conditions are harder, O’Riain added. Baby Chacma baboons (Papio ...
About 500 chacma baboons—among the largest monkey species and weighing up to 40 kilos (88 pounds)—roam the peninsula south of Cape Town, says the South African National Biodiversity Institute.