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Fishing baboons at desert waterholes
Author(s) -
Hamilton W. J.,
Tilson R. L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350080308
Subject(s) - desert (philosophy) , geography , fishing , ecology , agroforestry , fishery , biology , political science , law
Live fish capture by wild chacma baboons is described. Fish were captured from drying desert pools and then covered with sand to immobilize active fish or to facilitate handling. Possible reasons omnivorous primates elsewhere do not capture live fish are considered.