Question

In not more than 50 words of your own, state how discipline is maintained in a
baboon troop
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Answer 1

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A baboon troop is a complex and fascinating hierarchy, where males are dominant but their ranking is tenuous and changes often, while females inherit their social status from their mothers.

Baboons are incredibly social beings, and just like human families, they comfort and support each other, and squabble and fight!

Infanticide in Chacma males is common compared to other baboon species, as newly dominant males will often attempt to kill infants fathered by the ousted alpha male – he does this because without an infant to suckle, females will go into oestrous (ovulate) and he will be able to father his own offspring.

When feeding, its every baboon for itself – they do not share food and a dominant animal will help itself to food from a less dominant one. When humans feed baboons we are essentially telling them that we rank lower than them.

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The alpha is the dominant male in the troop. He can weigh up to 40kgs, and has earned his position by aggressively fending off other male contenders for the crown

• He displays his long, sharp canines, longer than a lion’s, in a “yawn” and a loud “wahoo!” bark to communicate his social position

• He is a gentle and caring father, and will watch over and fiercely protect the females and infants in his troop

• He jealously guards his right to mate with receptive females

• He keeps strict discipline in the troop – when alpha males are killed in the mistaken believe that it will stop a troop raiding, it causes chaos within the troop and can result in smaller, less manageable splinter troops forming raiding parties

• Troops are more stable and less stressed if the turn-over of males is less frequent, with long-standing alpha males

Answer 2

– the Alpha Male

• The alpha is the dominant male in the troop. He can weigh up to 40kgs, and has earned his position by aggressively fending off other male contenders for the crown

• He displays his long, sharp canines, longer than a lion’s, in a “yawn” and a loud “wahoo!” bark to communicate his social position

• He is a gentle and caring father, and will watch over and fiercely protect the females and infants in his troop

• He jealously guards his right to mate with receptive females

• He keeps strict discipline in the troop – when alpha males are killed in the mistaken believe that it will stop a troop raiding, it causes chaos within the troop and can result in smaller, less manageable splinter troops forming raiding parties

• Troops are more stable and less stressed if the turn-over of males is less frequent, with long-standing alpha males.

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