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Hangin’ Bush Baby Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/14/2023
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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#1 This is part of the animal series

 

Bush Baby

Galagos /ɡəˈleɪɡoʊz/, also known as bush babies, or nagapies (meaning "night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small nocturnal primates native to continental, sub-Sahara Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are considered a sister group of the Lorisidae.

Galagos have large eyes that give them good night vision in addition to other characteristics, like strong hind limbs, acute hearing, and long tails that help them balance. Their ears are bat-like and allow them to track insects in the dark. They catch insects on the ground or snatch them out of the air. They are fast, agile creatures. As they bound through the thick bushes, they fold their delicate ears back to protect them. They also fold them during rest. 
 

Their gestation period is 110-133 days

Females maintain a territory shared with their offspring, while males leave their mothers' territories after puberty. Thus social groups consist of closely related females and their young. Adult males maintain separate territories, which overlap with those of the female social groups; generally, one adult male mates with all the females in an area. Males that have not established such territories sometimes form small bachelor groups.

There are 2 types of bush babies found in South Africa 

the Lesser Bushbaby and the Thick-Tailed (Greater) Bushbaby.

 

Lesser Bush Baby

Diet

The diet of the Lesser Bushbaby consists mainly of tree gum and insects. Feeding on fruit has not been recorded but is likely.
 

Thick Tailed bush Baby

Diet

At dusk groups disperse to feed alone while foraging for insects, but they will congregate with members of other groups at well-established gum licks and in fruiting trees.

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THE CACHE ITSELF

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