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Baboons + car + your luggage = one hilarious video

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) on Jul 22nd 2009 at 1:00PM

Most people know that baboons are naturally curious - but watch the video above to see just how curious they are about the contents of roof boxes.

The video was created by the staff at Knowsley Safari Park in the UK, and acts as a warning to let visitors know that the baboons will open anything they can get their hands on.

Apparently the baboons have mastered the art of opening roof boxes, and that they are very efficient at ripping the contents to shreds. The results are absolutely hilarious.

Of course, this warning applies to any safari, so be sure to listen to the park rangers, and remember that cute and cuddly only goes so far in life.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

masanddjs Jul 22nd 2009 2:27PM

I wonder if this is the same baboon park they used in The Omen

rick Jul 25th 2009 9:48AM

i have been over a large part of the world while in the marine corps. these animals are very dangerous and will attack humans. they will attach one on one or a pack will attach.a very dangerous animal.

trptdr Jul 25th 2009 9:06AM

This is not funny! Baboons are very dangerous, very strong, and very fearlless, and they are CARNIVOROUS primates. They are very dangerous and will attack humans and almost anything else. They are beyond "curious" and are far from cute. Do not ever mess with a baboon -- you WILL come up a loser!

Jessica Jul 27th 2009 9:52AM

Haha....umm is that someone sitting in the car?

mea Jul 25th 2009 9:14AM

Damn, they should be spayed and neutered. They have a mob mentality.

tim Jul 25th 2009 9:23AM

it would be funnier if they all put on the clothes

inmidtowne Jul 25th 2009 9:39AM

Another case of racial profiling. This video would never have aired if the baboos were white.

jo chappell Jul 28th 2009 9:02PM

This was so funny, It was like a bunch of kids finding somthing new, or maybe a x'mas pk.

demillicent Jul 25th 2009 1:09PM

I wondered how long it would be before some idiot brought that into the mix. It's a funny video lets just leave it at that. This is directed only at those intelligent to think abstractly. Apparently you're not one of them.

Janet Jul 25th 2009 9:52AM

This has to be a spoof. Who packs their clothes loose in one of those roof racks? Can you imagine folding and packing into that? Cute...

marshall Jul 25th 2009 10:04AM

Looks like it was a staged scene. That's what I think. Probably the car was left
there with the overhead storage bin left open so that these monkeys
can be observed as they are rummaging through all that clothing. Based on what
I have seen so far, some people act the same way the baboons do........

laiconna Jul 25th 2009 12:24PM

This was staged. It is stated that the video was made by the park personnel. Excerpt: The video was created by the staff at Knowsley Safari Park in the UK, and acts as a warning to let visitors know that the baboons will open anything they can get their hands on.

The overhead case was not left open. They were shown unlatching it to get to the contents.