TTMT 083 Olive Baboon Traditional Cache
Hidden : 8/25/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

CONTAINER TYPE: Film Can

Welcome to the Team Trunk Monkey Turnpike - "TTMT"
This series of caches runs along this stretch of 4-lane road, which features a wide paved shoulder along it's entire course. These caches will all be on the South / East side of the road. There will be caches of several different sizes and types, and the hiding spots will vary in difficulty and terrain, as the locations allow. As such, several of these caches will have you walking through tall grass & looking through vegetation. During the "tick season" it is highly recommended to use a quality insect repellent, and as always if it is sunny out, use a good sunblock too.

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Olive Baboon
(Papio anubis)


MORPHOLOGY:
The average body mass for an adult male olive baboon is around 25 kilograms, and for the female it is around 14 kilograms. This species exhibits sexual dimorphism, especially in body size. The pelage (hair) color is a dark olive-gray.

RANGE:
The olive baboon has a wide spread distribution from Middle Eastern to Middle Western Africa. This species is found in a variety of habitat types from grassland steppe to tropical rainforests.

ECOLOGY:
The olive baboon is a frugivorous species, but leaves also constitute a major part of the diet. This species also eats flowers, roots, grasses, bark, twigs, sap, tubers, bulbs, mushrooms, lichens, aquatic plants, seeds, shoots, buds, invertebrates, and small vertebrates, such as gazelle. Females with infants mostly feed on the ground for grasses and on low bushes. Olive baboons will sit on the ground and shuffle along as they feed for grasses and other food found on the ground. Group sizes are variable ranging from 8 to 100 individuals. This is a diurnal species. The olive baboon will sleep in trees or on rocky outcroppings.

LOCOMOTION:
The olive baboon moves on the ground quadrupedally. When they run their style can be compared to the gallop of the horse.

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:
The olive baboon has a multimale-multifemale social system. This species has a promiscuous mating system. There is much aggression between males because of competition for females. Males disperse from their natal groups, and females are philopatric. A linear hierarchy exists within the group based on the matriline. Associations between males and females are important because when a male first tries to join a group he might have a difficult time, so an association with a female could help him. Male consorts with aid in the rearing of the infants in terms of carrying and grooming, and will come to the defense of their female when attacked by members of another troop. Male consorts will even become foster parents when the mother dies. Infants have a strong tendency to follow adult males around and sit near them. Adult males may act aggressively towards troop members if they lag behind when the troop is moving rapidly. Olive baboons when threatened by predators such as leopards will mob them and sometimes the leopards are severely injured. Infanticide has been recorded to occur in the olive baboon.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

GA 55

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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