There’s a good reason for motorists to pay attention to the warning signs which dot the roadside along the Cape Peninsula’s scenic drive: Beware the baboons – keep car doors locked and car windows closed!
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Nature on the Edge 
Uh-oh! 🙂
Eliza took the words out of my mouth!
WHOA!
Perfect comment!
I never understand why people don’t adhere to the signboards dotted all along the road to Cape Point and beyond, warning travellers to keep their vehicle windows closed and their doors locked … even though they live on the urban edge, baboons are wild animals! Thanks for these images, Liz, I’ll share your post to my page in the hopes that people will take note when driving around the Peninsula …
Yes, we’re coming up to the silly season again and visitors need reminding! Thanks for sharing.
Makes me think of one of my favourite sayings: As jy nie wil hoor nie, moet jy voel!
Yes that’s very appropriate! Learn the lessons the hard way.
My doors and windows would definitely be well closed. In my experience baboons are not to be trifled with, they’re not affraid to use intimidation and even bites when they don’t get what they want.
Yes i agree they can be intimidating, and sometimes have learned behaviour like rushing at humans so that they will drop food, or throw it out as a decoy.
So true. We come across such behaviour in several game reserves too: people getting out of their cars, driving off the roads … then when something goes wrong they are quick to blame the animal(s)!
Isn’t it incredible how people take chances around wild animals!
Smiling, Liz, but I wouldn’t be… 🙂 🙂
Nice shots, but wish people were a bit more responsible.
Yes, sometimes i feel it would be more appropriate to be ‘managing’ people; effective use of a paintball gun would be quite usefull!
That might work.
Completely gobsmacked that people would be so thoughtless!
Alison
Yes it’s extraordinary that people view monkeys as being tame and approachable!
Some people just have to learn the hard way!
If only the lessons could be passed on!
I’d have loves to see their faces when they got back to their car!
As you can imagine … and baboon was just waiting patiently for a chauffeur to head off to the nearest restaurant.