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Schalk Van Zuydam / AP
Tourists Alexandre Casias, center back, and Emilie Vachon, not in photo, from Montreal in Canada, have their car raided by Baboons, at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct 24.
Two baboons raided a car belonging to two Canadian tourists at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Monitors with paintball guns track baboon troops to keep them from getting into trouble, but that does not always keep them from mischief.
Schalk Van Zuydam / AP
Baboons raid a car belonging to tourists Alexandre Casias, partially seen in background, and Emilie Vachon, right, from Montreal in Canada at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 24.
Schalk Van Zuydam / AP
A close up of a baboon with a tracking collar at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct 24. Baboon monitors armed with Paintball Guns attempt to prevent baboons raiding cars, houses, dust bin's. The baboon monitors spend their days following baboon troops across the cape peninsula to ensure they do not misbehave.
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Ummm, maybe these animals are used to people, but holy cow, I certainly wouldn't want to be close enough to them to be in frame with them in a photo:)
Yup, the baboons are probably repeat offenders, habitual car raiders.
They knew right where to go and what they'd find to take.
Now that the authorities have their mug shots and fingerprints, it shouldn't be too hard to make an arrest.
the caption under the first photo actually tells you who in the photo is the tourist,
i wonder if he will read this?
i only quoted the caption under the photo dumb@$$.
I got ugly in here right away. WHY?
Anyway, yes those tourists were not thinking at all. They were way to close to those Baboons. Not smart at all. Just asking for it, and then of course blame the Baboons.
You're right, it actually says which is the baboon and which is the tourist. Sorry, but that is funny. Hope the baboons (front and left) don't get into trouble because of these dumb tourists (those with the sunglasses and camera).
if the people in the car had been armed, he could have avoided all of this!
Bandits! They're just like baboons! Wait, they are BABOONS!!!
obama's cousin's??????????????
More than likely your first cousins, considering you train of thought!
it looks like getting carjacked in the ghetto to me
And yours!
I'm not sure about you, but I'd let them take anything they wanted out of the car. Heck, if they wanted to drive the car, I'd let them. Those things can be mean.
Lawful I agree! However, I do have a new career goal "mama, when I grow up I wanna be a baboon monitor".
LOL so cute...
Looks like what happens in Detroit, Chicago, Newark, or Memphis every day.
That must be downtown Detroit!!
I expect that from some of you. :-) You killed/hated almost every culture in this world. Thanks for showing us that Hitler's legacy lives on. :-)
Damn dirty apes!
and if you're not the one who reads what ever you do and dig as far and deep as you can to twist everything into a racial incident,
it seems that it is clowns like you who keep racism alive and strong.
I'm sure there was a sign that said don't get out of the car and keep your windows rolled up............
No sympathy, they are lucky they didn't get killed; baboons are dangerous.
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What fools THOSE Mortals Be!!!!
Sis and i have been to SA and have encountered this exact scenario. The Babs will not attack or harm you if you are the owner of the articles they are stealing. How do they know? By their sense of smell whcich corresponds with whoever the article owner is. However, Sis did kick one of these fellows in the snout and he did attack, leaving with multiple bite wounds.
you know with as much press a baboons get for stuff like this why would you have you windows open enough for the to even reach in
That one is trying to figure out how to take the rims off
The author of this story must have just fallen off the turnip truck. This has been going on forever, especially in India, etc. I can't believe this - but I guess it's new stuff to lots of people.
It looks like the 47 percent.
We had rock apes in vietnam, they'd throw anything that they could pick up at you....one time we threw a live grenade at them, ape picked it up and was going to throw it back when it went off....they learned immediately not to pick up anything that we would throw at them.....
Looks like a Hyundai Accent! Maybe they wanted to test drive it!!
Awww... They are not any different than us humans! ahahaha
A friend of mine lives in that area and has had her house raded by baboons. She said they are smart enough to open car doors and know they are protected, and can do whatever they please.
Hi Gen!!! It's Lynne from FL!!!
Just name the one in the car Barrack - He is stealing everthing he can get his Baboon hands on !
Sometimes things just happen and there is no time to put distance between you and the animals. Maybe you should go to Africa and see what happens.
Boo Boo you people must dream about the POTUS. He gets injected into every subject that arises. Actually I think it's a love/hate relationship.
Jeez I thought they were Somali pirates.
uka-2327001, yababba, Freedom-2484892, Boo Boo-3025854
RACIST FRIGGIN PIGS!!!!!!!!!!! I'd save a Baboon's ass over yours any day!!!
Its the 21st Century....grow the "f" up!!!
This article is so purposely racially baited. I have to agree that some of the comments are a riot!! Hey...if folks don't want to be branded baboonish...stop acting like them. Easy enough!!
this article did have the captions a little in that direction,
but as you did mention, if a person doesn't want to be seen in an undesirable image, well they shouldn't give people any reasons to see them as such.
but of course the racial comment can be tossed around as free as anything when someone wants to say something about "whitey", with no fear of persecution.
is that because you are just as much an animal as they are, or are there other reasons? Please tell us.
In 2005 I went to SA on a Safari Trip (R. Branson's). We were escorted back to our rooms by an aide with a gun because the Baboons behaved like they owned the place. We thought the aid was exaggerating, attempting to add a little danger to our adventure, until we returned to our room and their was Baboon urine on the door. We were instructed to keep our windows closed because the Baboons would show up at 6am cut up. Sure Nough... They would return every day about the same time and jump on our roof and scream seemingly at the top of their lungs. Wasn't sure if they were doing this just to annoy us and wasn't about to open my door to find out.
cant blame the baboons,they thought their brother 0bama was in the there ,the one pic of the baboon looks so much like the fore mention the pic of the baboon ,a dead ringer to michelle
friggin racist idiot! did you feel better when you posted that @!$%#?