episode description
The one animal species that Marlice gets the most of in at Naankuse is baboons. The episode starts with her arriving at Naankuse with a baby baboon. She tells us his story and gives him a bottle of milk before she takes him to the baby baboons where she introduces him to the leader of the troop. To her relief the leader immediately adopts the baby. Marlice then takes us to the juvenile group where she explains the hierarchy of a baboon troop in captivity as well as why baboons groom each other. She then takes the juvenile group for a walk in the veldt during which she explains more about their behavior and introduces us to a few individuals. To end the outing the troop is taken for a swim. The next day and Malice takes the juvenile and the baby troops for a walk together and explains how the hierarchy within the groups changes when they're put together. We then visit the adult troop with Marlice and she explains the plight of baboons in Namibia to us.
