Images From the Field: Baboons
click here to preview this film
From the Primates series
by Anne Zeller
color, 24 min, 1997
institutional price includes public performance rights
PayPal purchases ship via USPS Priority Mail
contact us for rentals and 16mm orders (institutions & organizations only)
overnight shipping available upon request
In this video we see the savanna baboons of Africa in various regions of their natural habitat, but with an emphasis on woodlands and forested regions since most other baboon films focus on the open savanna. The video emphasizes various roles filled by animals in a troop with particular attention paid to the range of behaviors seen in males. These include consorting, sentry, protection, baby-tending, positive affiliations with females, control and leading the troop. Various common behaviors such as feeding, grooming, locomoting, resting and playing are also portrayed in an attempt to set the roles in a context of group life. The females and their young are revealed to be a focus of attention for the group and many episodes of complex social behaviors are recorded in long sequences to allow the student to practice observation techniques.
Other films in the series:
Chimpanzees Today
Five Species
Hominid Evolution I: The Early Stages
Hominid Evolution II: The Genus Homo
Introduction to the Primates
Lemurs of Madagascar
Macaques
New World Monkeys
Primate / Human Interaction
Primate Patterns II
Sifakas of Madagascar
What Do Primatologists Do?