This is the second cache in the “Uitkyk Game Drive Series. Please leave your car only when searching for the cache and constantly be on the lookout as there are dangerous animals in the area. Keep your windows closed when stopping to look for the cache as the baboons often raid vehicles with open windows. Pleas do not feed baboons when you encounter them. Enjoy your game drive and this unique caching experience where wildlife roam.
The chacma baboon, also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is one of the largest of all monkeys.
Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviors, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship pairings. These behaviors form parts of a complex evolutionary ecology.
In general, the species is not threatened, but human population pressure has increased contact between humans and baboons. Hunting, accidents and trapping kill or remove many baboons from the wild. This has reduced baboon numbers and disrupted their social structure.
Q: What do you call a flying primate?
A: A hot air baboon!
Q: What do you call an exploding monkey?
A baBOOM!