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Olive Baboon
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OLIVE BABOON

Olive baboons live in troops of between 20-50 animals. Young male olive baboons are allowed to remain in the troop as long as they have their dark "baby fur," but are run off by adult males as soon as they molt into adult form. Then, they must fight their way into another troop.

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