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Growing Up Baboon: Baboon Surrogate Mother
In this clip from "Growing Up Baboon" from Animal Planet, we meet Maria, a surrogate mother for a baboon orphan at a rescue sanctuary in South Africa. Maria describes the relationship.
Added: May 4, 2009
Views: 1113 Views
Runtime: 03:00
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