Photo of the Day #467: Male Hamadryas baboon

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A male Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), photographed at the North Carolina Zoo. Apparently I was a little too close for comfort and he made sure I saw how impressive his canines were.


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Berautiful! I love those critters.

oh, he's beautiful! he looks more bored than mad to me...those are impressive canines though!

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