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Monkey business on the tracks: It is not just Gordon who is on the move! As he makes his way into Zambia to set up home there, he comes across these cheeky baboons, travelling in the opposite direction, bound for Zimbabwe. Luckily, baboons can move freely between the countries, so, unlike Gordon, they won’t be needing a passport! These are chacma baboons, gregarious animals that sleep, travel, feed and socialise together in groups of about 50, consisting of several males and about twice as many females plus their young. These family units form the stable core of a troop, with a ranking system that elevates certain females as leaders. A troop’s home range is well-defined but does not appear to have territorial borders. Their range often overlaps within the range of other baboons, but troops seem to avoid meeting one another, keeping busy feeding on the ground and in trees on fruit, seeds, rhizomes and insects. Unfortunately, baboon’s major predators are humans. Known to be fierce f
