{"id":11483,"date":"2018-10-28T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=11483"},"modified":"2018-10-28T08:33:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T12:33:41","slug":"baboons-of-tsavo-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=11483","title":{"rendered":"Baboons of Tsavo West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=11483\"}' class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CE1E78EC-9C3D-4F33-8ED9-1638D49C7C17.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"11482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=11482\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CE1E78EC-9C3D-4F33-8ED9-1638D49C7C17.jpeg?fit=4042%2C3648&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/C4CE40CC-3C18-4D0B-A31F-3813B4ADFB06.jpeg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/C4CE40CC-3C18-4D0B-A31F-3813B4ADFB06.jpeg?w=2712&amp;ssl=1 2712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We only stayed one night in Tsavo West, at Ngulia Lodge far in the southern section. On our way back out the next morning we went to Mzima Springs for Crocodiles and Hippos and whatever else we could find, and as we left the springs on our long drive to Amoboseli we encountered a large group of Baboons right by the road. Like any troup, there were baboons of every age, from full grown males and females to infants, and everything in between. They were moving along beside us so we slowed and stopped and they proceeded at a long diagonal past the van and across the road ahead of us. Sony RX10iv at various focal lengths. Program mode. Processed in Polarr. 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