23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
Mother With Baby Guinea Baboon Peeked Around a Tree to Inspect Me as She Groomed Her Baby

My tour bus driver drove me from Banjul to Brikama to the Makasutu Forest, the home of many Guinea baboons. The baboons run freely around on the forest floor. They are not agile in trees because they do not have prehensile tails capable of grasping. They spend most of the day grooming.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Brikama, Gambia
Camera: DMC-FZ70
Copyright: © Marilyn Adelman