In all the years we've lived in our little cottage, come rain or shine, the lounge door to the garden always stays open- not anymore, the marauding young male baboon visits daily, hoping to get lucky.
His tally in the first unsuspecting week- 1 pizza, 10 bananas, a box of ouma's breakfast rusks, half a packet of raisins (not to his fancy), 1 pkt of crumpets, 3 avocados, 2 naartjies, 1 ciabatta bread,1 wholewheat bread and half a sweet potato- to be fair it was a little old.
But wait, there's more- the little marauder has learnt a new skill since last week, he's figured out how door handles work, so we are not only shut up, but also locked down.
I'm having a recurring nightmare that I slip into the garden for garnish and return to find Mr Baboon enjoying my client's catering.
This is another young male in a hurry after the Baboon monitors chase him with a paintball gun.
Their population has grown and their territory has been encroached, the mountain in now full of vineyards, add to that a neighbourhood with fruit trees and garbage bins- we've got trouble.
It does look as if you have them "on the run"!
ReplyDeleteAh, the other primates...This is starting to read like some sort of misbegotten Planet of the Apes tale, Karen. And here I thought bats and white tail deer were bad!
That they seem to have little fear that they make themselves so at home in your house!
You're right Rachelle- Absolutely no- I just read a report that says our Baboons are the worst behaved in the world!
DeleteYou better get a catty. Jislaaik - they have paintball guns now!?
ReplyDeleteExactly what we need, but I can't find a catty anywhere Marie! x
DeleteHe's eating you out of house and home. Maybe he's the one breaking all your electronics.
ReplyDeletehahaa- than heavens our fridge doesn't have a conventional handle!
DeleteFor a fleeting moment I did think of that- our tweenie son eats constantly, always hungry, so it's probably the same for this adolescent male- but he's going to have to stick to berries!
Good God I go way for a few days and I return home to this?
ReplyDeleteI have no suggestions to make because this is a very new problem to me.
The planet of the apes part 4.
Good luck.
xo jane
Jane, I'm hoping my planet of the apes, has a happy ending! x
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