Baboons with pet dogs
Posted: August 5, 2011 Filed under: wierd stuff 6 CommentsBaboons kidnap the puppies of feral dogs and raise them as family members so the dogs can help guard the baboons.
Un-freaking-believable.
Baboons kidnap the puppies of feral dogs and raise them as family members so the dogs can help guard the baboons.
Un-freaking-believable.
The world is a strange and awesome place. I wonder if there's been any research on this….
Wow.
Fascinating. Cheers, Limpey.
The Monster Manual says that wild dogs “can be tamed only if separated from their pack.” Clearly these baboons know their Gygax.
I just saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes last night and now I get to see that they keep pets already. Our days might be numbered!
What I find interesting is if these baboons are intelligent enough to practice such behavior all but our earliest ancestors could have and it goes a long way to explaining how a small, feeble, poorly armed ape could survive on the ancient savanna to become humans. Hominids and canines could have been together for millions of years.
The baboons seem to be engaging in gorilla warfare.