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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11504
- Date of Photo
- 1967
- World Region
- Old World
- Description
- Male baboon: Safe from predators, a male baboon adopts the posture it may keep all night long. Its ischial callosities, or callous pads, bear its weight and permit it to sleep sitting up even on slender branches.
- Image Categories
- Fauna: Modern/living
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 3074 x 4642
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 17323
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17323/17323
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"Male baboon: Safe from predators, a male baboon adopts the posture it may keep all night long. Its ischial callosities, or callous pads, bear its weight and permit it to sleep sitting up even on slender branches.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17323/17323. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 24, 2024.