| Name | Baboon |
| Scientific Name | Papio Cynocephalus Ursinus |
| Average Weight Male | 36 kg |
| Average Weight Female | 17.3 |
| Head to Tail Male | 150 cm |
| Head to Tail Female | . |
| Mating Season | Throughout the year |
The Chacma Baboon is a large primate with a dog-like face and large, prominent canines (may even be longer than a lions). Chacma baboons are preyed upon by Leopard and Cheetah.
Baboons can be very aggressive. It is a known fact that they would viciously counter-attack their predators when threatened.
Troops are 50 to 100 strong, and have a well-developed and complex social structure. Baboons inhabit woodlands, semi-deserts and along the Groot Winterhoek Mountains.
They are widely distributed throughout Southern Africa and in countries beyond.
A couple of things that help the hunter is that baboons are curious and they don't like to pass up any opportunity.
If you can stalk up to the troop and pick out a suitable animal to take, then that's great. If they start to get jumpy, one way to slow them down for a few seconds is to give them a quick whistel.
An even better way is to give them a few squawks with a predator call - it will almost always make them stom and look.