Baboons and dogs share the same environment, and they are socially plastic, so they enjoy the company of others. Sometimes interactions between baboons and dogs turn nasty and one of the animals involved – dog or baboon – ends up getting hurt. Wild dogs are easily frightened and the baboons easily chase off the pack. Image: B. Sutherland. In addition, baboons (or monkeys) have also been shown in Egyptian art to be participating in various human activities, including dancing and playing musical instruments, picking fruit, making wine and beer, and even catching criminals. Interacting with other species sometimes happens, and if the two species spend a lot of nonaggressive time together you could have play and grooming as well from the baboons to the dogs. (Karen Green/ CC BY SA 2.0 ) … When baboons live near humans they naturally come into contact with our pets, especially dogs. Only if the dogs were extremely hungry – and only if they saw an opportunity, such as a young baboon separated from the troop – would they actually decide to go for a baboon. Rarely-captured scenes show a pack of painted wolves - the same African wild dogs set to be featured on David Attenborough's Dynasties this weekend - hunting baboons, for the first time. Baboons… bearing baboons. Of course, “Baboons And Dogs Hang Out Together In The Wild” is not nearly as headline-grabbing as “Baboons Take Dogs As Pets.” As to whether or not there’s an actual familial bond going on between the baboons and dogs, again, we won’t know the full story until there’s more extensive research done.

Dogs and baboons are best kept well apart.