22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Surprised Baboon
We were positioned inside an underground photo hide in Botswana's Mashatu Game Reserve when a male Chacma Baboon started chasing a female and her baby. They ran right towards our window jumping up on the roof at the last second. Then all of a sudden the male threw the female and baby off the roof into the water hole in front of us. When she popped up out of the water she looked towards us in the hide staring in surprise as we stared back also in surprise.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 09.2024 |
Date Uploaded: | 12.2024 |
Photo Location: | Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana |
Camera: | NIKON Z 8 |
Copyright: | © Bill Klipp |