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Subject: ACP0006rj2

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  • Eswiniarski by Eswiniarski

    #baboon doing something strange with a baby

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  • yshish by yshish moderator

    Oh my! Is it what it looks like?

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  • Eswiniarski by Eswiniarski

    I was trying not to go there but certainly looks that way.

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  • yshish by yshish moderator

    @MimiA Can you confirm please?

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  • jwidness by jwidness moderator

    It's almost certainly exactly what you think it is -- my only question is where is mom? Maybe in ACP0006rj3?

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  • MimiA by MimiA scientist, moderator

    yikes. i have no idea. will try to find someone who knows baboon behaviour better than me.

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Jeez...

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  • asgoffe by asgoffe scientist

    "greetings" (genital manipulation, mounting, etc.) are common between guinea baboons it is rare to see a male greeting such a small infant.

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  • asgoffe by asgoffe scientist

    also, this is not at all a misguided copulation attempt. they both vocalize (the male is grunting (affiliative), the infant (submissive).

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  • MimiA by MimiA scientist, moderator

    thanks @asgoffe!

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  • Snorticus by Snorticus

    "Screaming" vocalizations are often heard in the baboon clips, is it all submissive in nature?

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  • yshish by yshish moderator

    Well, what keyword are we going to use for such a behaviour? :]

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  • asgoffe by asgoffe scientist

    @Snorticus, good question. the infant is "kecking" (sometimes spelled "gecking"), this is a submissive, but not fearful vocalization.

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  • asgoffe by asgoffe scientist

    males are very solicitous of infants and you can see that he is quite careful about picking the infant up to carry it.

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  • yshish by yshish moderator

    Not sure my question has been noticed 😃 How to hashtag such a #behaviour please? Thanks. Shall we use greetings or diddling?

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  • MimiA by MimiA scientist, moderator

    maybe #mounting? i think diddling is specifically the manual genital greeting...

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  • yshish by yshish moderator

    OK, Thank you. None of these are in my vocabulary .)

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  • AnLand by AnLand moderator

    #guinea #baboon

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  • jwidness by jwidness moderator

    #drylake

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