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Young baboon playing with its mother
Why is it that watching baboons interact is so appealing to us? Is it because they are so similar to us in what they do that it is as if we are watching ourselves from a distance? Here a young baboon is in a world of his own as he plays with his mother's tail.

All images © Leigh Kemp

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