Jabruson / Olive baboon {Papio anubis} resting on baboon cliffs Lake Nakuru (dry), Kenya

Anup Shah / Olive baboons standing on the lake shore. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) male approaching with curiosity - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Neil Aldridge / Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) baby riding on top of its mother on the banks of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus) young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Specia...

Klein & Hubert / Young baboon (Papio ursinus) begging to be carried, Botswana.

Denis-Huot / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) males fighting over newborn Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) prey, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Tony Phelps / Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) troop exiting den, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, June.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) sitting portrait. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) juveniles watching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Tony Phelps / Chacma baboon (Papio hamadryas ursinus) portrait of adult male. deHoop Nature reserve. Western Cape, South Africa.

Anup Shah,Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) female with infant on back, carrying away a gazelle carcass having taken it from a male. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, July

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) male feeding on a gazelle carcass meat. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, July

Denis-Huot / Olive baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis) group in an acacia tree, Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Olive baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis) close-up of a male, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Yellow baboon (Papio hamadryas cynocephalus) male catching a young Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsoni) Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique. No release available.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus). Young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Wildl...

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) female with baby aged 1-3 months being groomed, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) juvenile cuddling an infant aged 9-12 months, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) female grooming another females baby, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) baby aged 3-6 months scratching, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Anup Shah / Olive baboon baby (Papio cynocephalus anubis) 3-6 months tugging at mother, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) baby aged 3-6 months held in air by adult, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, February

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) portrait, with African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the background. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) juveniles playing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Savanna Baboon, Olive Race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) head portrait of male, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Savanna baboon, olive race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) head portrait of male, reaching out. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Charlie Summers / Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) juveniles playing in tree, Botswana

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) baby aged 3-6 months playing with an older juvenile Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) portrait of baby aged 3-6 months playing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Olive baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis) silhouetted and walking along a branch, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Olive baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis) grooming one another, with baby sitting alongside adults. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) grooming a male baby aged 3-6 months Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon juveniles (Papio cynocephalus anubis) playing together, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Edwin Giesbers / Young Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) perched on mothers back. Captive. Apenheul zoo; the Netherlands.

Edwin Giesbers / Young Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) perching on mothers back. Captive. Apenheul zoo; the Netherlands.

Edwin Giesbers / Young Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) perched on mothers back. Captive. Apenheul zoo; the Netherlands.

Edwin Giesbers / Head portrait of Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) Captive. Apenheul zoo; the Netherlands.

Anup Shah / Male Savanna / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) sitting in Mara landscape, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Male Savanna baboon, olive race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) investigating, another standing near water, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Anup Shah / Male Savanna baboon, olive race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) reaching out, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Anup Shah / Olive baboon {Papio anubis} East Africa

Christophe Courteau / Hamadryas Baboon {Papio hamadryas} climbing palm tree in order to feed on nuts. Awash NP, Ethiopia

Dave Watts / Yellow Baboon {Papio cynocephalus} Young riding on mother's back, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Chacma baboon backlit at dawn {Papio ursinus} Chobe NP, Botswana

Laurent Geslin / Chacma baboon chewing stick (Papio ursinus) Caprivi strip, Namibia

Anup Shah / Olive baboons and baby {Papio anubis} Masai Mara, Kenya