As Baboons Become Bolder, Cape Town Battles For Solutions
About 500 chacma baboons — among the largest monkey species and weighing up to 40 kilos (88 pounds) — roam the peninsula south of Cape Town, says the South African National Biodiversity Institute. On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town’s seaside village of Simon’s Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs,…