Eritrea fought and suffered for its independence. It is now time for Etiopia and Eritrea to try and normalise relations and work for a future of cooperation. I was in Eritrea in 1997 and was impressed by the tolerance shown there between Christians and Muslims. It can be done, both countries have a common history in a lot of ways, move forward in peace and tolerance.

Did you know that when the Railway was built from Asmara to Massawa, baboons were fed with Cactus which they then spread all over the mountainous area and this helped to prevent rocks from falling on to railway?

Did you know that it was the 'Babbons' that helped stablise the Road and Railway system in Eritrea? In the 30s when the Italians were building these roads in their advance towards Ethiopia, in order to prevent rock falls, they fed these babbons with 'prickly pear'. Babbons then helped to dissipate the seeds which grew into cacti which held rocks together. The Prickly Pear or 'Fico d'India' as it was known was also the stable diet to poor peasants.

A group of baboons isn't usually called a clan, it's called a troop or a congress. "A congress of baboons" is my personal favorite. The females are the smaller reddish-brown baboons which you can sometimes see (At :21, :31 for example) carrying young on their backs.

KZfaq staff, thanks for showcasing Eritrea, the gem of Africa yet again. :) I'll be in Eritrea this summer, see yall there.

Eritrea is found in North East Africa. Eritreans are very peace loving and hospitable people. Thanks for putting this video up is1943 and I hope you had a blast in Eritrea! Cheers!!! From Eritrean...

The basic group of the hamadryas baboon consists of one male with 2-11 females; a unimale group, essentially a harem system . These groups come together to form troops of up to 750 individuals to sleep on outcroppings of rocks at night. During the day these large troops break up into smaller groups of 20 to 70 individuals made up of two or more unimale groups. These are foraging groups that stay together while they forage. Two or three unimale groups will come together to form what A CLAN

What an amazing video. Those baboonbs are adorable.

how did you get to eritrea? One of my dreams is to go there

Well "Keed" means "go away" in Tingrinya.

What does keed mean?

Were you going to Massawa, Sedishi, Adibaro, Asmara, or Keren? If not, where were you going?

Thank you, I enjoyed my trip to Eritrea, the Eritreans made us welcome.

Thanks for your comment. We came across them while being taken to Ghinda to join the train.The bus driver was the one who threw food to them,I do agre with one not feeding them.

Thanks for that.

Thanks for your comment. We did not get out of the bus as we had been warned about them.

Thanks for telling me that

what happen they climb up the car?

Amazing!!!

Sweet! I've gotta get one of those...

why?

Cool!

i was just thinking the same thing!!! lol

is this common?

Thank you for the excellent video! We saw these species Papio hamadryas (their scientific name in Latin) in Berlin Zoo and now it's nice to visualize their natural habitat. They looked very happy in the Zoo, and here too :) It is amazing that this semi-arid terrain can support such a large population, meaning there is enough food for them in the region. Supposedly they are not very choosy with food. It is also clear that such a huge herd can be extremely dangerous. These look frightful, though - maybe they know firearms, etc. They know to be afraid of humans. Amazing animals, very intelligent!

Is that Detroit or New Orleans?

Why is this on the front page?

This is pretty cool.

is he?

Such beautiful, amazing creatures! They remind me of the wild turkeys that are everywhere around where I live. We share the space - they leave us alone and we leave them alone. It's kind of a mutual appreciation thing.

wow, very lucky to have captured that!

the awesomest video i've seen on youtube!

Why were you in Eritrea?

Cool Video. I wouldn't have cared - in bus or not I wouldn't have went near the windows!!!! LOL

Nice quality.

you're damn right !!!!!!

awesome!

amen!

mandrill?

What does hargaf mean?

Nice video!

beautiful

i didn't know it was called a 'clan'... thanks for the info. i have always been told that they refer to it as a CRIB.

Nice! Nice cathin'! :D

yup.....

why wouldn't they be able to do that?

Nice Video

wow eh!! that is sooooo cool!!! :)

Woa That was sick!

good point there

Man this is an excellent quality video even with KZfaqs nasty compression. Was this originally in HD?

who are these people what "hood" is this gotta be the bronx or maybe south central la?

Thanks Crazy Flo.

What's your idea of kind? Enslaving?

awhhh cute!

I've been one before. Like 40.000 years ago.

wow look at the view

Very smart. They can disembowel a leopard with those canines of theirs. And congratulations on getting to see this marvel.

That's cool, They have been on that same road forever, supposedly they throw rocks at your car if you piss em off. Have fun in Massawa!

Cool video! I don't think I would ever have the guts to go near them though. I don't even wanna go near dogs.

I know it shouldn't be that surprising but I love how they catched the food when it was thrown to them.

Same climate in northern Somalia where I'm from.

Thanks for your comment.

jupiterscastle-thank you for the compliment

cuuuute ^^

me too, except I do it at my local church on sunday.

lol , I thought they will jump at them in this video too XD

Holy Crap you're right!

MAGIC.

fantastic video guys haha wowz

Kudos

0:19 nice catch.

That would be HILARIOUS and I was thinking the same thing.

joojojojojojoj scary but cute at the same time :D

haha, i saw that too, i thought it was just me :D

Cool video, I was amazed at how close they came. On a another note, there is a guy 6 comments down that says the veiws are 113,132 and that is the number I'm seeing also. 113,132 The veiwing system isn't working properly I guess.

crazy godamn fluffy bundles of mischief!!!

nice catch at 20 seconds,

why the hell is this a featured video?

Why does that scare me, I would be rolling up my windows and trying to drive away!! Run away...Run away!!

dang the one had a nice catch.

Lol 😆 they're so cute

Yup, here it goes!

@puntlandGeezer Am I from Gambella? No im Semetic. Gambella aren't even Bantu there Cushtic and Niolitic. Most Jamaicans were kicked out of Addis Ababa when Haile Selaissie was ovethrown. Where does it say that Oromos are sold to Jamiacans? And please show me a reliable source.

Nice catch at 0:20 xD

lol "gi'it ya li'il bugga!"

thats pretty nuts =]

with erithea being so close to ethiopia, i would like to think that these "baboons" are called Gelada Baboons or related to the Gelada Baboons the very least.

You're thinking of a mandril. They're larger and have blue and red markings

While hiking on Mt. Kenya year ago, we came upon a troop of baboons, and I remember thinking that without the protection of a vehicle, those guys could totally kick our asses if they wanted to.

This reminds me of Pokemon Snap. :D

yes! it was an artistical, profound video. i can't imagine how u failed to understand the meaning of it!

wow who ever shot this video is lucky to be alive expecially after feeding them the only thing that saved them was the sound of the engine in the truck

Nice one handed catch at 0:20.

those are Geladas.

Eritrea adey. Yehbay keman b natsnet znebrula anqay seb, tehabenu, n tsalatki kea smi eki,n fetwetki kea melak. 0:46

omg....those things are scary!

i saw one holding a baby lion up high behind that mountain.

down on your knees down on your knees down on your knees down on your knees down on your knees

Afrooo Akhjooo 😁😁