„Gelada Baboons:The Battles of Braveheart“
- Title
- Gelada Baboons:The Battles of Braveheart
- Language
- Dauer
- 30 min
- Director
- Mark Linfield (England)
- Category
- Nature and Environment
- When & Where
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Thursday,
14. Nov. 2002 from 16:00 / Stefaniensaal
- Photos
- Description
- The gelada baboon is a high altitude animal confined to Ethiopia’s climatic harsh Simien Mountains. The gelada is not a baboon, but the world’s only grazing monkey and the sole survivor of a group once widespread throughout Africa. The gelada’s grazing habits and barren home have shaped every aspect of its extraordinary life: not just its shaggy waterproof fur and its strange chest pattern, but also its ability to form the largest group of any primate – 800 monkeys or more can be seen sweeping across the high plateau, filling the air with bizarre chattering sounds unlike anything else in the animal kingdom. In “The Battles of Braveheart”, the camera team followed a male gelada in the process of defending his harem from bachelor males and were fortunate enough to record key moments in the ensuing events, giving them a rare insight into gelada social life.
- Awards
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Nomination 2002
Minutes of the jury
Lobende Erwähnung 2002
Minutes of the jury
Mark Linfield and his team give a strong detail of these monkey´s quest to find a mate and witnesses „Braveheart“ battle the BACHELOR males in an attempt to keep his family. In a very entertaining and informative way we learn about the social structure and the circumstances of life of this species of monkeys, the only one to eat grass. And we are rewarded with a magnificent view of the Simen mountains in Ethiopia.
