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A baby chacma baboon from the Smitswinkel troop sits cradled in its mother's arms, near Gumshoes, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wild Ostrich (Struthio camelus), Smitswinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

The Plateau Road troop of chacma baboons walks along Plateau Road near the ostrich farm, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Cairns on the beach at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

The world's largest antelope, Eland (Taurotragus Oryx), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

King Protea (Protea cynaroides), largest in the Protea genus, Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Fynbos vegetation in Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

King Protea (Protea cynaroides), largest in the Protea genus, Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

South African coastline near the entrance to the Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mtn. National Park

Garbage near the "conservation village" of Misty Cliffs, a source of human violence against chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wild Ostrich (Struthio camelus), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Rock strata at Cape Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Male rock agama lizard (Agama atra) in mating colors, on the beach at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

King Protea (Protea cynaroides), largest in the Protea genus, Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Patterns on a sand dune at Olifantsbos, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wildflowers (sp.) in fynbos, Smitswinkel flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa, from Table Mountain

Plant (sp.) on a mountain near Ocean View, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from Miller's Point, showing the disc of the sun, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean from Misty Cliffs, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wildflowers (sp.) in fynbos, Smitswinkel flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

View of the De Gama cross with the Atlantic Ocean in the background, from Bordjisref, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Late light on rolling hills in farmland near Swellendam, South Africa

Cape cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) over the ocean, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Cape cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) on the beach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean from Misty Cliffs, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Crystalline waters of a freshwater creek entering the ocean, Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Grasses in fynbos, Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), Smitswinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

The world's largest antelope, Eland (Taurotragus Oryx), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Cairns on the beach at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), Smitswinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Fynbos vegetation in Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Male rock agama lizard (Agama atra) in mating colors, on the beach at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

King Protea (Protea cynaroides), largest in the Protea genus, Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from Miller's Point, showing the disc of the sun, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Farmland near Swellendam, South Africa

Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa - Chacma baboon habitat

Male rock agama lizard (Agama atra) in mating colors, on the beach at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Wild Ostrich (Struthio camelus), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Farmland near Swellendam, South Africa

Female rock agama lizard (Agama atra), on the beach at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Cairns on the beach at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Atlantic Ocean near Scarborough, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Farmland near Swellendam, South Africa

Mist over the rocky coastline near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from Kalk Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Raptor (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

King Protea (Protea cynaroides), Smitswinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Dried flowers of the (sp.) plant, Smitswinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Mist over the rocky coastline near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Cairns on the beach at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

The world's largest antelope, Eland (Taurotragus Oryx), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean from Misty Cliffs, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wild Ostrich (Struthio camelus) and Bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas), Platboom Beach, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) at Olifantsbos, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wildflower (sp.) in fynbos vegetation, Smitswinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

One of the rarest mammals in the world, Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra), Smitwsinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. There are only four individuals in the wild on the entire Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mtn. Park

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from Miller's Point, showing the disc of the sun, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wildflower (sp.) in fynbos, Silvermine, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Olifantbos beach, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on the beach, Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Chacma baboons from the Buffels Bay troop eat flowers from a protea plant (sp.), near Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus), Strandfontein, South Africa

Wild Ostrich (Struthio camelus), Platboom Beach, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Strandfontein, South Africa

Chacma baboons from the Slangkop troop on a mountain slope above the community of Ocean View, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wildflower (sp.) in natural fynbos vegetation, Wildcliff Nature Reserve, South Africa

Alpha male baboon from the Smitswinkel troop walks along the M4 road near Miller's Point, bloodied from a fight with another baboon, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis), World of Birds, South Africa

Birds (sp.), Strandfontein, South Africa

Early morning light in fynbos, Bordjesrif, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

An adult female baboon from the Kanonkop troop carrying her baby in Smitswinkel Flats, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Hills near Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. This is the habitat for the Smitswinkel troop of chacma baboons

A baboon from the Smitswinkel troop walks on the M4 near Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa.

Very rare photo of chacma baboons from the Buffels Bay troop passing a group of Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas), in the sand dunes of Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

A packed crowd on Christmas day at Buffels Bay, heart of the territory of the Buffels Bay chacma baboon troop. The park service policy of promoting picnicing on the beach severely harms the baboons. Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Alpha male chacma baboons on alert as another troop approaches, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Baby chacma baboon from the Slangkop troop, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Plant (sp.) in fynbos, Cape Point, South Africa

Alpha male baboon from the Buffels Bay troop (named Elvis) yawns, showing his large canine teeth, Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Tracks (sp.) in sand dunes, Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Lichens (sp.) on rocks near Gifkommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Alpha male chacma baboon from the Slangkop troop on a mountain above the town of Ocean View, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean from a bluff near Patry's Valley, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Newspaper placard with headline about a baboon killed in traffic, Cape Town, South Africa

The alpha male chacma baboon from the Buffels Bay troop (named Elvis) wakes up for the day in a Monterey Cypress tree at the Buffelsfontein Visitor's Center, Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Home to bontebok, eland, ostrich, and more - Platboom dunes, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

A juvenile chacma baboon from the Slangkop troop with a bad eye, cause unknown, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

A chacma baboon in Simon's Town, South Africa. The town is a flash point for conflicts between humans and the baboons

Chacma baboons from the Cape Point on a cliff at Cape Point, with the Atlantic Ocean in the background, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Spectacular view of late light on the fynbos vegetation in a remote section of the Langeberg Range, looking West, Wildcliff Nature Reserve, South Africa

A baboon from the Buffels Bay troop sits near the beach and the Atlantic Ocean at Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa.