Comments on: Photo of Geladas in mid-grooming

By: Paul Denning

Paul Denning — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Hai~~Ren is definitely correct. Geladas are a different species. Papio hamadyas would be a different color with a pink face, males having striking manes. The monkeys in the picture are not baboons at all. Still a good picture though.

By: Dr. Glenn King

Dr. Glenn King — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:20:34 +0000

Yes, they are geladas. The photo is especially interesting because two males are grooming a female. The one-male unit is basic to the species, but leaders sometimes tolerate young adult followers.

By: Kambiz

Kambiz — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:20:17 +0000

Hai~~Ren, your guess is good as mine. I'm calling them Hamadryas baboons because, where I swiped the image from, Scientific American calls them that.

By: Hai~~Ren

Hai~~Ren — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:35:10 +0000

Err… aren’t those gelada baboons?

By: printing » Photo of Hamadryas Baboons in mid-grooming

printing » Photo of Hamadryas Baboons in mid-grooming — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:16:56 +0000

[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI wanted to share this photo with you because grooming is one of the most common behavioral features between all primates, and has made us all into the highly social organisms we are. Baboon’s grooming © iStockphoto/IMPALASTOCK … [...]

By: Livette

Livette — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:34:02 +0000

Nice blog!