I made it safely through the baboon gauntlet this morning. I usually come up to the office around 6.15am after being rudely awaken by the baboons dancing around with each other on the corrugated tin roof above my head. Between 6am and 6.30am seems to be the worst time of day for the baboons to be on the path from the staff quaters to the main lodge but today they were too busy chasing each other. There were a couple of times when they stopped and looked at me but I just kept my head down so as not to make eye contact again and carried on walking.
They are becoming quite a menace at the moment, they seem to have doubled in number since I first started. There are a couple of troops around and they often coincide and clash with one another. So there's a lot of gang warfare going on. With the two troops around though they are becoming more brave and invading our areas more. During our morning meeting today one sneaked up and stole a muffin from the table next to us!! Another one was enjoying the brand new sofas in the lounge, which I'm sure the interior designer wont be too pleased about.
David has suggested I carry round a big stick for defense in case I get attacked again but if anybody else has any suggestions for disciplining baboons in a way that wont frighten the guests please let me know.
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