LINK Baboons kidnap and raise feral dogs as pets - YouTube
The dogs become part of the baboon family, and protect them at night and against other feral dogs.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.There are many animals that make friends with other animals. We had a horse that could not be separated form her cat.
Marine
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May 17, 2018
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True. Sometimes there are odd couples, tiger, lion, bear friends, a lioness who adopted baby gazelle, rabbit and house cat, etc. This story is baboons using the dogs as a tool.
Baboons also eat dog - But so do certain groups of humans.
Is this a clue into how early men tamed wolves?
I know they are extremely intelligent - they used to hitch-hike on the old Nairobi to Mombasa road. They would run out on to the road, and when someone slowed down, jump onto the bonnet (hood for Americans), where they would hold the wiper base for stability. The driver would continue the journey, with the baboon obviously enjoying itself, until it reached the place it wanted to go, usually 8 or 9 miles further along. Then the baboon would start signaling, and when the driver slowed down the baboon would jump off, run to the side of the road, and pause, as though in thanks.
Later, a car traveling in the opposite direction, would be stopped.
Petter
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May 17, 2018
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IDK what it means. All I have are questions without answers. It's interesting they hitchhike, too. They really are smart.
That is a little weird! I am surprised the puppies would live through that rough treatment!
Freedompath
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May 17, 2018
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It was rough.
Whoa..interesting.
birdingnut
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May 17, 2018
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Baboons deserve greater respect for their intelligence than previously, IMO. But I knew little of them. That's using a dog as a tool; chimps and bonobos use inanimate tools.
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