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Olive baboons' (Papio anubis) response towards crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) at Lake Manyara National Park
Filipa M. D. Paciência
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz
Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Deusdedith Baluya
Tanzania National Parks, P.O. Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania
Pay Mbaryo
Tanzania National Parks, P.O. Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania
Sascha Knauf
Work Group Neglected Tropical Diseases, Pathology Unit, German Primate
Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077
Göttingen, Germany
Dietmar Zinner
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz
Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Short summary
Here we report two encounters between olive baboons (Papio anubis) and crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus), a potential predator, at Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. On both events, baboons gave alarm calls while infants got close to adults and juveniles ran to cover. Adult males approached the eagles and chased them away. The baboons’ reactions indeed support the assumption that crowned eagles pose a threat, at least for juvenile baboons.
Here we report two encounters between olive baboons (Papio anubis) and crowned eagles...