Impala cannot endure long chases, and depend on cover to escape predators, which may explain their preference for the edges of thickets. Baboons Troops of olive baboons are found high in the western hills and sometimes on low-lying ridges of the central areas. The troops vary in size, and occupy a home range which overlaps witha that of a neighbouring troop. Baboons spend the night on a rocky cliffside or a tall tree, rising after dawn and spending an hour or more socialising before setting out to forage for food. But they will also eat grasshopers and other insects, small rodents, birds' eggs and even baby antelope found lying out in the grassland.
Female baboons are much smaller than the males.
The males have thick mantles of hair on their shoulders, and long canine teeth which are used for fighting and threatning othermales. Males will use these fearsome teeth to defend the troop aganist predators, whcih in this park are most likely to be leopards. Monkeys Vervet monkeys are found throughout the park, but are more common in woodlands along the edge of grasslands and vegetation fringing rivers, lakes and swamps. Mature males have brightly coloured sexual organs, with a pale blue scrotum and red penis. New-born infants have a dark silky coat and pink face.