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What agricultural work did South African baboons do?

Several centuries ago, the Nama people of South Africa used especially intelligent baboons as goat herders. They treated their work very responsibly, did not allow the animals to stray from the herd and timely warned of the danger when they saw predators. Sometimes the baboon chose the biggest goat and rode it. This practice was also adopted by some European farmers who settled on these lands - the last case described in the press of a female baboon named Ala working on one of the farms dates back to 1961.

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