Infant Carrying by Male Chacma Baboons
- 12 June 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 212 (4500), 1281-1283
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.212.4500.1281
Abstract
Male chacma baboons, Papio ursinus, carry their offspring during confrontations with higher ranking immigrant males, who are a threat to the infants' lives. The infants sometimes initiate these confrontations by approaching and provoking immigrant males when protective males are close by. Mothers rarely interfere during these interactions.Keywords
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