I love animals and I’m a sucker for any story relating to animals. I watched a news story with interest today about residents of Capetown in South Africa running a raging war against baboons. The protected baboons are adept at opening cars and house windows. They are breaking into both and creating chaos, especially when they hit the “motherlode” - the fridge. Here’s the full story here
This reminded me of my own baboon experience, which happened during our overland trip through Africa. We were staying at a game park in Nigeria. The place was run down since they didn’t get many tourists but we stayed in these nifty huts, which was a change from camping. They also had a river with hot pools in it. After lots of cold showers and cold water washes, hot water was good! Anyway, they also had this small camp store that sold chocolate. Mars bars in particular. We hadn’t seen chocolate for weeks so just about everyone indulged. This camp had baboons and we had to make sure we locked our huts and didn’t leave any food about for them to steal. Between the camp store and our huts there was a dirt road. The baboons patrolled that road and let me tell you they could spot a Mars bar wrapper at one hundred paces! A few of our group were mugged by the troop of baboons and had to make a run for it, leaving their chocolate behind. I wasn’t game to purchase chocolate after that and everyone kept a wary eye out for those baboons. Not a creature you want to fool around with, that’s for sure.
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Remind me never to venture to baboon country. They’ve got teeth that would scare the most hearty of men!
Stray Cat strut, eh? I don’t have to dance in front of anyone, do I?
LOL!
TJ
by TJ Michaels September 24th, 2007 at 10:39 amYou picked a fun contest, loved the excerpts for both these stories, very hot and sexy.
by cathy M September 24th, 2007 at 4:06 pmTJ - of course you have to dance! It’s compulsory
Thanks, Cathy! I’m glad you enjoyed the excerpts.
by Shelley Munro September 24th, 2007 at 4:51 pmInteresting baboon story , who’d have thought they’d like chocolate too.*g*
by danette September 25th, 2007 at 1:19 amHi Danette - they definitely like chocolate. The road was littered with discarded wrappers after they’d eaten the contents!!
by Shelley Munro September 25th, 2007 at 2:58 amI loved Stray Cat Strut - one of my fave Shelley books! Congrats.
by Lauren Dane September 25th, 2007 at 2:47 pm